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Community – Origins of Vampire Mythology

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When Greendale Community College plays host to a traveling carnival Britta (Gillian Jacobs) asks the help of her study group to keep her away from her former boyfriend Blade (Kirk Fox) who works the BB-shooting-duck-gallery and travels with the carnival (much to the amusement of the entire group). And Vice Dean Laybourne (John Goodman) demand the help of Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) to convince Troy to join the Air Conditioning Repair School, however his plan is thwarted by the Dean’s inability to do anything right.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Ha’alele

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As McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) takes personal leave to find Joe White (Terry O’Quinn) and answers to Shellburne Danny (Scott Caan) is approached by Kamekona (Taylor Wily) after someone steals his shrimp truck and Max (Masi Oka) who believes the murder of a young woman may be tied to a serial killer who the coroner believes is still at large despite the state convicting a man (Pruitt Taylor Vince)  for one of the serial killer’scrimes years ago.

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Daredevil #10.1

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daredevil-10-1-coverI dislike zero issues. Even more so I dislike the idea of Marvel’s .1 issues, and yet somehow the House of Ideas has gotten me to shell out money for both over seven days. Honestly, other than Moon Knight (a book going away far too soon), I can’t imagine I’d have picked up another .1 issue. But this is Mark Waid’s Daredevil, and (as I expected) I got my money’s worth.

Most of the comic deals with Matt Murdock visiting Pyromania who, much to Murdock’s amusement, embellishes the tale of how Daredevil took him down before attempting to use the lawyer as a hostage to get out of prison. By the time the guards arrive Murdock is unharmed and unaware of how the super-villain ended up beaten to a pulp on the floor of the conference room.

The issue also moves forward the Omegadrive storyline (far more so than the last few regularly numbered issues) as Daredevil uses the device to burn Black Spectre for sending the Black Cat to steal it.

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Fairest #2

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After awaking Sleeping Beauty with true love’s kiss (without the love part) the thief and princess (along with their impish friend Jonah Panghammer) find themselves on the run from the reawakened Snow Queen. As Briar Rose and Ali Baba find themselves fleeing into the cold wilderness before the Snow Queen tires of torturing the goblins who held her sleeping body captive and turns her righteous anger their way.

After being captured by Ice Giants and thrown into a sack to be taken back to the Snow Queen the unlikely threesome pass the time as Panghammer tells them the story of the Snow Queen. Well, that is until they find themselves dumped unceremoniously at her feet wanting to hear the end of the tale.

Issue #2 continues to impress, and start to give us a little more insight into Briar and the Snow Queen, but it looks like we’ll have to wait at least one more issue of this opening six-issue arc before we get any real answers. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Supreme #63

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Of all of Image Comics early to mid-1990’s titles my favorite, by far, was Supreme. Almost two decades before Mark Waid‘s Irredeemable, Supreme was created by Rob Liefeld around the idea of Superman without the patriotism and strong moralistic foundation of a certain Man of Steel.

After appearances in Youngblood, Supereme’s own title begins much like Superman Returns, with the character returning to Earth after years in space to a far more advanced world than that which he left, filled with new super-human heroes and villains, and old enemies.

The character’s origins and were tweaked by several writers over the years including Keith Giffen and Alan Moore. Moore’s take on the character abandoned much of the character’s history and rebooted him as Silver Age Superman for the modern world in tales featuring multiple realities, numerous versions of the character, time paradoxes, the Supergirl-ish Suprema, and even a Supreme version of Hoppy the Marvel Bunny called Oscar the Omnibunny.

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