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Supergirl has escaped Mr.Tycho’s captivity with sunstone in hand, and is off to try and find her answers about Krypton. Discovering Argo City, and finding it is not the way she left it, she runs into someone who may hold more answers for Kara.

Or – “Back In ’66, It Must Have Only Been The Penultimate Frontier.” As someone who grew up with the original Star Trek series every Sunday morning, I was happy to find that the new movie doesn’t negate all those cool stories (and all those awesome William Theiss costumes.)  “Operation: Annihilate!”, the original first season finale, was notable for two things:  The on-screen death of Kirk’s brother Sam, and the sight of the crew menaced by flying rubber novelty vomit.  Will the new timeline manage to be that awesome?

Deep beneath the city, the Court of Owls has Batman trapped. But he’s Batman… he’ll make it… won’t he?

Or – “When They Say ‘Mature Readers,’ They Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie.” When I began reading comics, during the late Pleistocene Era 1970’s, creators were in the midst of one of the periodic spasms of Adult Comics, notably in the form of Heavy Metal, which embraced more sophisticated story-telling, as well as overt sexuality, violence and some stuff that I’m pretty sure they still don’t have a word for.  30 years later, mainstream comics are once again embracing sanitized violence and fluidless off-panel sex (though the subject matter has, admittedly, gotten a bit more grown-up.) But where does a comic…

Still haunted by the sudden return to the walking world, Batgirl gets caught up with a new villain named Gretel. The mystery behind her and the numbers 338, with whom those she posses, seem to be obsessed with take Barbara on a hunt to save Bruce Wayne!

Once again, it’s time to take a classic work and adapt it into a comic book for fans to read. The biggest difference between Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, Warlord of Mars, or other books Dynamite Entertainment has adapted and Tarzan is the character is more well known than others. There have been countless movies, books, and television shows featuring the Lord of the Jungle, so how did Dynamite handle this adaptation?

Or – “Lost Classics Of Days Gone By…” One of my duties at the comic shop (Gatekeeper Hobbies, Huntoon & Gage, Topeka!  Ask us about our Warhammer Tournament!) is to keep the back issue bins fully stocked with, as bossman Deon puts it, “comics that somebody will actually ever BUY.”  This often proves difficult for me, as I remember the awesomeness about most all the books in our bins (with the possible exception of Team Youngblood) and my natural instinct is to keep awesome cult titles like Howard The Duck readily available to the reading public.  Today, Deon and I…

The Hydrology arc concludes as Kate confronts the Weeping Woman and her own past in the gorgeous Batwoman #5…

Or – “Any Resemblance To Ultimate Spider-Man Is Purely Intentional.” I think there’s a lot of truth to the expectation that a normal kid, given super-powers, would be more likely to trash stuff and rob banks than he would be to focus on great power, great responsibility and such.  But Albert’s dilemma may be more complicated than he thought, as his friends reveal the secrets of the experiments into super-powers.

Or – “Sssstilllll Oncccce Wasssss A Maaan…” Even thirty years down the line, I still hold a fondness in my heart for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.  The action figures are one of the first toys that I remember actively wanting (they’re in storage in my garage right now, actually), I can still quote chapter and verse from the comics, and I have always loved the voicework of the late Chris Latta as Cobra Commander.  When IDW announced that they were going to be anointing a new Commander in their ongoing Cobra series, I have to admit that I…

Everybody loves a good redemption story. There was “that guy who plays Iron Man”, Andy Dufresne, and Lando Calrissian. And we can now throw one more name in the mix, Sinestro.

Or – “Sadly, I Think I Really Meant To Pick Up #21.1…” And here is my biggest complaint about Marvel’s Point One initiative:  It’s a pain to keep track of.  When purchasing this issue, I thought this was the first part of Rick Remender’s revamping of the Secret Avengers.  Will my disappointment outweigh my enjoyment?

Sam finds himself in strange situations all the time, but this one seems to be a bit too much for him to handle alone. With Emma acting just as strange as the village he finds himself in, he feels there is no choice but to bring in his brother, Dean.

Or – “Is This An X-Men Vs. Avengers Prelude?  I’m Uncertain…” The return of Cable to the land of the living has been a tumultuous one, as his future world has crumbled, his daughter is in danger, and he is slowly being consumed by his own injuries…  His vengeance will not be stopped, even if the people he’s getting back at have not yet done the things he’s punishing them for!  Paradox much?