4 Razors

• Title: Prince of Power #2 (of 4)
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• Writer: Greg Pak
• Artist: Reilly Brown

Cho vs. Thor, what more do you want? I was never a big fan of Hercules, but I’ve got to say I’m really starting to warm to Amadeus Cho. Cho walks right into the trap left by Loki’s bastard Vali Halfling and finds himself defending himself against a very angry God of Thunder. Vali Halfling is after the secret to immortality and has convinced everyone that Cho is helping him (which is bad news for our hero). There are some nice sequences here, and I especially love Thor’s consternation with the Prince of Power. Definitely worth a look.

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• Title: Heralds #1
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• Writer: Kathryn Immonen
• Artist: Tonci Zonjic

Did Hellcat just punch out a clone of Albert Einstein? Did Valkyrie just kill a T-Rex above the streets of Paris? Did Frankie Raye just come back from the dead? Did Cyclops just crack a joke? Did Abigail Brand‘s S.W.O.R.D. facility just explode, unleashing all kinds of craziness? Are Photon and She-Hulk really wearing fake mustaches? The answers to all these question is yes. Damn, Emma Frost throws the best birthday parties ever! I really wasn’t expecting much from this mini-series by Kathryn Immonen and Tonci Zonjic, but this first issue is a whole lot of fun. Definitely worth a look.

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• Title: Red Hood: Lost Days #1
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• Writer: Judd Winick
• Artist: Pablo Raimondi

The decision to return Jason Todd to the land of the living was questionable and best. Other than his initial run as the Red Hood in “Under the Hood” (also by Judd Winick) the character was pushed aside to waste away. And when he has been used the stories have been mediocre at best (*cough*Grant Morrison*cough*).

Winick returns to the character he resurrected in this six-part mini-series focusing on what happened to Jason Todd between his rebirth and reappearance as the Red Hood. If this first issue is any indication the series has a chance to be pretty darn good.

Issue #1 fills in Todd’s time with Talia and Ra’s al Ghul before regaining his mind in the Lazarus Pit. I’ve always been a fan of Talia and it’s nice to see a side of her here other Batman writers (*cough*Grant Morrison*cough*) seem to have forgotten. It seems the Bat-books can do no wrong lately…well, most of them, anyway (*cough*Grant Morisson*cough*), and I’ll be happily waiting to see how this story plays out. Must-read.

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