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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Check Yourself

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  • Title: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Check Yourself
  • IMDb: link

“Check Yourself” centers around Lunella (Diamond White) obsession with needing to when which turns a potential friend in a supercomputer against her as LOS-307 (Asia Kate Dillon) overheats from constant use in the pair’s chess game that will not end eventually turning it evil sending all kinds of electric gadgets and appliances after her in the school. While I think pointing out this facet of Lunella’s personality earlier in the show, before centering an entire episode on it, would have gone a long way to better sell the premise, there’s much to enjoy here including the computer easily deducing her as Moon Girl and a conclusion that not only offers Lunella growth, and a new friend who knows her secret, but also cleverly finds a way to keep the computer around as a supporting character.

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Moon Knight #22

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Moon Knight #22 offers a Tigra-centric issue (which I’m totally onboard for, even if she answers an important question incorrectly), with a supporting appearance by her son (whose true paternity is revealed), as she works through a new version of one of Moon Knight’s old enemies hitting rich gangsters around town. Although we get plenty of Tigra as mother, hunter, and detective, it’s her role as friend and her relationship to Marc Spector that is central to the issue.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #1

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Putting off some heavy western vibes (maybe for this issue we should refer to them as the Guardians with No Name?), the Guardians of the Galaxy‘s new comic begins here with the team attempting to save the lives of those in a small town on a crappy little world on the far side of the galaxy. And what they are saving it from, it turns out, is their former friend… or whatever he has become.

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Will Trent – Bill Black

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  • Title: Will Trent – Bill Black
  • IMDb: link

As “Bill Black” opens, Will (Ramón Rodríguez) is on his fifth week undercover attempting to work his way up to a mysterious drug kingpin known only as CK. While initially he seems an odd choice for an undercover agent, the episode showcases how well Will works out as as Bill, weaving much of his own backstory into the character, eventually uncovering the head of the drug gang, even if it isn’t the person he hoped it would be. The twist of CK’s identity is handled well, with the choices being limited either to the missing cop or the woman who has caught Will’s eye. Will’s storyline ends in some fast and furious action as he has to fight his way out of the apartment building and get the drug dealer’s hostage to safety.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1

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  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1
  • Comic Vine: link
  • Writer: Stan Sakai
  • Artist: Stan Sakai

Ever since Usagi moved to IDW, here’s the crossover fans have been waiting for. Although the first issue of the new five-issue crossover mini-series doesn’t offer much in the way of interactions between characters of the two brands, it does set up an interesting situation with multiple time-displaced characters. With Lord Noriyuki leading an army against Lord Hikiju, Miyamoto Usagi‘s heartstrings are pulled by villagers in need of aid. And so Usagi, Tomoe, Jotaro, and Yukichi go in search of an evil Kappa.

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