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Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #4

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Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #4

The main story of Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow concludes here with the confrontation between Miyamoto Usagi and Jei leaving the final issue in the series offering an epilogue for Usagi and Yukichi after the events of the series. Back on the road, with Yukichi finally feeling well enough to travel, the pair of rabbit ronin finally have a chance to catch up and for Yukichi to tell his cousin about the run in with the young girl in the forest which immediately alerts Usagi as to who is on their trail. 

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SHAZAM! #7

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SHAZAM! #7

SHAZAM! #7 is overflowing with chaos for our hero to deal with. We start out mid-battle between our Captain and a Bizarro Captain high in the skies above Fawcett City. Billy puts his brains to work to defeat the villain which he correctly surmises is a manifestation created by Felix Faust. On a high of the victory, Billy is also elated to learn his family is moving to a larger home. Unfortunately for our hero, there’s more chaos to come.

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Marvel Meow #1

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Marvel Meow #1

Marvel Meow #1 collects Nao Fuji’s Infinity Comic digital series featuring the fluffy adorable cats from across the Marvel Universe owned by Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (and a few villains) getting underfoot, and filling the pages will all kinds of cuddly cuteness. Highlights include Dr. Doom‘s solution to his loneliness taking a page from the heroes’ feline friends, Mysterio getting more than he bargained for when Spider-Man mistakes him for Carol Danvers, various heroes offering to cat sit including the Fantastic Four, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Loki turning himself into a cat to get some attention (and have a little mischief), and Dr. Octopus playing with the cats of Black Cat.

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Black Orchids

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  • Title: Black Orchids
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Black Orchids

Throwback Thursday takes us back to a New York City, a famous detective, and murder. Sent day after day to New York’s flower show to report back to Nero Wolfe on Lewis Hewitt’s famous orchids which have Wolfe obsessed, Archie Goodwin takes notice of a couple in one of the other exhibits who perform the same scene of a summer picnic every day. On the day Wolfe himself arrives to get a look at the orchids, Archie notices something odd about scene, discovering murder has been committed in public and that he, without realizing it, was the method used for the performer’s death.

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The Boy and the Heron

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  • Title: The Boy and the Heron
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The Boy and the Heron

The latest from writer/director Hayao Miyazaki follows a familiar formula of a child dragged into an unusual and magical world. Based on experiences Miyazaki had as a child with loss, the film is a personal one for him with a message of striving to overcome grief and loss and the growth from childhood into adulthood by learning to unselfishly care for others.

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