David Dastmalchian has an awesome twist in this episode of Dexter: Resurrection.
Dastmalchian’s serial killer, The Gemini Killer aka Gareth, showed up at Dexter’s place as the Blessing family above were having a wake for the dearly departed mother. Dexter took advantage of the situation and killed him.
However as Prater had organized a helicopter trip for the serial killer’s club, Dexter was worried that they would figure out that he was responsible as the new guy for the sudden disappearances of the group.
And then, The Gemini Killer showed up to get in the helicopter. Twins. Gemini Killers, plural.
What an awesome shock that I did not see coming.
This episode was packed full too. Mia wound up dead, hanging in her cell. It looked as if Charley had paid off a guard to take care of business. This happened coincidentally just as Batista, Wallace and Olivia had arrived at the prison to show Mia a photo of Dexter to see if she recognized him as the Bay Harbor Butcher. Of course, that would have been a big time reveal as she believed he was the Dark Passenger.
There were several great scenes here too. There were some wonderful moments with Dexter and Harrison. Harrison attended Blessing’s mother’s funeral. Harrison helped Dexter out after Dexter called his son and asked him if a hoody was proper attire for a funeral.
There was also a fantastic scene between Dexter and Blessing, who had came to apologize for being snippy about some ice. The scene was also very tense since Gareth was dead in the shower/tub.
Dexter is doing a wonderful job of being a part of Harrison’s life. Harrison told his dad that he had an image of killing the landlord, but Dexter talked him down, easing the anxiety that Harrison was clearly entertaining in his head.
I really enjoyed this episode. It felt like it was adding so many awesome moments that I kept waiting for it to end. The end with the reveal of the Gemini Killer was absolutely a masterfully campy end.
Immediately, I was surprised with how quickly things are wrapped up in this season. They mentioned Wednesday’s stalker in episode one and we learned who that was in episode two. We found out who the Avian was in episode four. The biggest mystery still active is the potential vision of Enid’s death, so that must be the overarching storyline.
There were so many people killed in this show, specifically episode four. Characters that I never would have guessed would die. Christina Ricci returned for a one episode arc to try and save Tyler and it cost her. Christina Ricci felt very much like Misty from Yellowjackets.
Tyler’s escape in episode four clearly sets things up for the second half of the season.
Four also featured Uncle Fester in a big role and he is easily the best of the characters. Played by Fred Armisen, Fester is certainly standout as he is plotting to get sent to the asylum to help investigate.
The whole camping trip in episode three felt such a rushed plot point that was involved in this season for no apparent reason. It seemed that the entire purpose for the camping trip was to get a proper meal for Slurp the zombie. Sure Wednesday is kick ass and her winning the game was awesome, but the everything else felt lackluster.
The second part of season 4 drops in September on Netflix.
I really enjoyed episode one last week for the Sunday Morning Sidewalk featuring Lovecraft Country. Unfortunately, this week’s episode felt like I was watching the show in fast forward. So much happened and there was a super ton of exposition and it felt like the flow of this was way off whack.
I am not sure exactly was was real and what had happened. There is a secret society based on Adam from the Garden of Eden. Leti died, but comes back. Atticus turned out to be a descendent of the founder of this secret society. Leti and George forgot everything about the night before and then a little bit later, remembered everything that had happened. They all had weird delusions in their rooms with people from their past although Leti’s delusion was having sex with Atticus who turned out to have a snake as his penis. Tony Goldwyn showed up having what looked like parts of his liver removed to serve for dinner. Then he turned to stone and got crushed in the last act of the episode. The castle collapsed into the ground. They found Montrose but the episode ended with George succumbing to his gunshot wound he got from Tony Goldwyn.
As I said, this was insane.
It all felt so rushed that it diluted what should have been a powerful moment at the end of the episode… the death of George. I am not sure if this is a final death or if he will be coming back like Leti did. Montrose’s arrival was also bizarre as he just dragged himself out of the ground in handcuffs.
Oh and it kicked off with the theme song from The Jeffersons.
I found this episodes too packed with stuff that could have been spread out over several episodes. I am not sure what is coming next, but the pacing was just such a problem for me. I do like the characters and the setting, but everything was just flying at such a pace that I was not able to engage as much as I would have liked.
I was not sure what I wanted to watch as the final film in the Sandler Saturday, because the last couple had snake-bit me so hard. So I decided on Mr. Deeds.
This one finished up the day with a film that was not as bad as I expected.
According to IMDB, “When small-town pizzeria owner and poet Longfellow Deeds inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, he is besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds, but his sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead. Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn’t necessarily need to change him.”
The big difference between this movie and some of the others that I have watched today is that Adam Sandler’s character Longfellow Deeds was a sweet, kind hearted guy. He was not the obnoxious crude a-hole of some of the other characters in Sandler’s oeuvre. That was a nice little switch. He was still just playing himself, but without the misbehavior. Deeds went around helping everyone and he was a beloved individual in the small town where he lived. He was not a foul mouthed a-hole who had to learn a lesson.
This was a remake of the Frank Capra classic “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” which is a movie that I have not seen before so I did not feel the difference. I am afraid that if I see the Capra version, I would see the excessive problems of this film.
I did not recognize Winona Ryder as Babe Bennett, the reporter who pretends to be a school nurse to get close to Deeds. What is up with John McEnroe in these Adam Sandler movies? Were they friends of some sort?
I was happier with this non-offensive film finishing up the Sandler Saturday. At least I did not hate myself for watching it.
The early films today had some good stuff, but the deeper I got into these films, the more I realized that my initial thoughts were pretty accurate.
Billy Madison followed Jack and Jill on the Sandler Saturday and, again, ten minutes into the film and I was ready for it to be over.
According to IMDB, “Billy Madison is a 27 year-old man whose father Brian is the head of a major hotel chain. Even though he is groomed to replace his father who is about to retire, Billy is extremely immature and unmotivated in life. When Brian considers making Eric Gordon (whom Billy despises) his new replacement, Billy decides to prove to his father that he is capable of taking over. He must repeat grade school all over again (2 weeks for each grade) in order to take over the hotel empire. The further Billy progresses, the more Eric tries to derail Billy.”
Billy Madison is one of the least likable characters I have seen today. To be fair, he does improve over the course of the movie as he is working with the other kids in the different grade levels.
At one point in this movie, someone says, “Everyone in this room is dumber for listening to that.” I knew exactly how that that felt.
There is so much insanity in this film. So many things that just did not make sense. The conclusion of the film with the big competition was so ridiculous.
Steve Buscemi is definitely the standout for the minute and a half he is on screen.
I was dreading this one. But any kind of Sandler Saturday would not be complete without the infamous Jack and Jill. I had heard that this was a bad movie.
I had no idea.
Jack and jill is one of the worst movies ever made.
Adam Sandler played twins. Jack and Jill. This is one of the most obnoxious films I have ever seen.
Sophomoric. Diarrhea jokes, which are always my favorites. It is borderline racist, among others.
Somehow Al Pacino decided this was a good career move. There were other well known celebrities in the film and I can not figure out why.
This goes on my worst movie list of all time with Movie 43, Batman and Robin, Holmes and Watson, Transformers: The First Knight etc.
I don’t know if YUCK is strong enough for this monstrosity. I’ll pull out the original…
After the bad taste The Waterboy left in my mouth, I tried to find something for the Sandler Saturday that might not be as awful as that one. I pulled up Netflix and put Murder Mystery on next.
According to IMDB, “When an NYC cop (Adam Sandler) finally takes his wife (Jennifer Aniston) on a long promised European trip, a chance meeting on the flight gets them invited to an intimate family gathering on the Super Yacht of elderly billionaire Malcolm Quince. When Quince is murdered, they become the prime suspects in a modern day whodunit.”
So, this movie had the benefit of matching up Sandler with Jennifer Aniston, who is very charismatic in this movie. Sandler was also at a more restrained level with his performances. This film did not have him so over the top as he is in many other films. He is playing a character here instead of just being Adam Sandler and that seems to always be a key.
Unfortunately, the story of the murder case is desperately messy and filled with clichés. The concept was fun, if not realistic, but there was just too much going on with the other characters and the answer to the mystery was not the powerhouse reveal that it should have been. The film ended in a silly car chase.
I would say that Murder Mystery is a watchable movie on Netflix that is not offensive. I would say it is a mediocre film that has a couple of appealing leads.
After two enjoyable movies in the Sandler Saturday, the streak is over as I watched The Waterboy and I was ready for it to be over ten minutes into the film.
Adam Sandler played Bobby Boucher, a waterboy who was constantly being abused and picked on by the coach (Jerry Reed) and other players. When the coach fired him, Bobby went looking for another waterboy position. When he joined the South-Central Louisiana State University Mud Dogs, coached by Coach Klein (Henry Winkler), he discovered that the years of being abused allowed him to direct his anger into tackling people. This led Klein to offer Bobby a place as a linebacker on the team.
There is a solid cast in the film including Oscar winner Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Paul Wight, Blake Clark, and Rob Schneider. There are a bunch of cameos too including Bill Cowher, Jimmy Johnson, Brent Musburger, Dan Patrick, Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler and Dan Fouts.
This was so stupid. I was so ready for this to be done. I did not like the character of Bobby and I thought everyone around him was so mean and rotten that it made things hard to watch. None of it was funny. It was also sadly predictable.
The football game at the end had some giggles to it, but it was way too late to save this.
I have put this one out of the way. It is a crapfest.
We’re off to a great start, this Sandler Saturday.
I would definitely say that Punch-Drunk Love is not an Adam Sandler movie. He stars in the film, but it is an Adam Sandler movie the same way Uncut Gems is an Adam Sandler movie. Uncut Gems was a Safdie Brothers and Punch-Drunk Love was a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
According to IMDB, “Barry Egan hates himself and hates his life. The only male among eight siblings, Barry is treated poorly by his overbearing sisters. Despite owning his own business, he has gotten nowhere in life largely because of his insecurities. He leads a solitary life, which allows him to hide his violent outbursts that occur when he’s frustrated. His solitude however allows him to think, he stumbling upon a scheme to travel the world on a pittance, travel which he has never done. Concurrently, he meets two people who pull him in two different directions. The first is Lena Leonard, a friend of his sister Elizabeth. Barry is slow to realize that Lena is attracted to him, he making her make all the first moves. Lena is eventually able to get Barry out of his shell, she who sticks around despite his obvious problems. His burgeoning relationship and thus new life with Lena is threatened by the second, “Georgia”, who he contacted in an effort to alleviate his loneliness. Georgia and her “band of brothers” do whatever they can get get out of Barry what they want, no matter the price to Barry.“
Adam Sandler is really good in this movie. Again, he is playing a character and it is a character considerably deeper than most characters he plays. Barry is a socially awkward, lonely man who has a horrible self-image. He is extremely compelling during the film even when he is doing some of the strange things that he does. You can see how much talent Adam Sandler actually has as an actor.
The film is very much a PTA film, weird, strange and fairly chaotic. There are many surreal elements to the movie that work well within the context of the film.
I loved the relationship between Barry and Lena (Emily Watson). It was sweet and original. I liked how it did not go the way I expected.
I kicked off the Sandler Saturday special event her at EYG with Happy Gilmore. This idea came about because I noticed that, though I have said that I hated Adam Sandler movies, that I really haven’t seen very many of them. So I planned a day to binge as many Adam Sandler movies that I could stomach.
Happy Gilmore was the first of the films and I have to say, I kind of liked it.
I know… I’m surprised too.
Of course, I had seen the infamous scene with the Bob Barker fight. It is easily the most famous fake celebrity fight in movie history.
All of the things that I have hated about Adam Sandler movies in the past were in Happy Gilmore, but it felt to me as if they were kept in check. The traits that I have hated in Grown Ups 2 or Pixels were not as annoying as they were there. Perhaps cause it felt like Happy Gilmore was a real character and not just the same Adam Sandler-type that I have seen him play over and over. Maybe if I had seen this at the end of today it would stand out more. But as the first film in the Sandler Saturday, Happy Gilmore was better than I thought.
That does not mean that there aren’t stupid things that would never happen. The whole ending bit with the tower or the Volkswagen hitting him on the golf course are ridiculous, but, for whatever reason, they worked here. I can suspend disbelief for certain things.
So we are off to an unexpectedly good start for the Sandler Saturday.
I remember seeing the original Freaky Friday 1976 version at the drive-in here in Maquoketa. I remember enjoying it tremendously. Of course, I would have been 7 or 8 years old.
I did not ever watch the rebooted film, Freaky Friday from 2003 and this movie, Freakier Friday, is a sequel to that. However, I assume there is no major need to watch that one. I mean, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan switched bodies, and they learned lessons.
Now, throw a couple of more people into the mix as Jamie Lee and Lindsay switch bodies with Lindsay’s daughter and her soon-to-be step daughter and hijinks ensue.
Freakier Friday is a one-note joke that gets stretched way too thin. I get it. The older people are in young bodies and vice versa. It depends on the charisma of its main actors. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons have moments. This ensemble is decent, but, again, there is only so much you can do with this concept before it gets old.
Because the premise stretches thin, a lot of what they did was just too silly or over-the-top. Most of the film does not work, which does not cover for the moments that do work.
There is a concert scene at the end of the film that is enjoyable.
I don’t have a lot more to say about this movie. It is basically the same as the original concept, but with just four people instead of the two. There is not much original. They do not try and reinvent the story. It is basically the same. It survives on the strength of the actors.
I have been anticipating the new movie Weapons for quite awhile. The premise of the film was truly creative.
According to IMDB, “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.“
I really enjoyed how this film played with POV. The film showed the events of the story from multiple different characters. The first section was from Justine’s POV. Justine is played by Julia Garner and she is the teacher whose classroom had the missing kids. I was amazed how unlikable this character was. She certainly played against the trope of the classroom teacher.
We saw POV from Archer (Josh Brolin), police officer Paul (Alden Ehrenreich), Marcus (Benedict Wong), James (Austin Abrams) and only remaining kid Alex (Cary Christopher).
Cary Christopher did an exceptional job as Alex. His pain and anguish was obvious even through his quite nature.
Josh Brolin was great here too. I loved how he was in pursuit of his missing son and he seemed to be more successful with his efforts than the local police.
The acting from the ensemble was all great. It was well cast and they all brought it. The story was creative and well laid out. I do think the truth came out a little sooner than I thought it would, but it did build remarkable tension during the story. Dialogue was well written and sharp. I do think it dragged a little in the middle, but overall, this is a great film.
I have found the second season of Wednesday on Netflix to be a bit of a mixed bag so far. Anything dealing directly with Wednesday and her orbit has been great. Episode two revealed her stalker, an invisible girl who is Wednesday’s #1 fan.
There was also a great scene between Wednesday and Tyler at the insane asylum. Tyler’s psychiatrist makes me suspicious. There is more to this character than the few fleeting moments we get with her.
It was Prank Day at Nevermore, which feels like a horrible idea. Barry Dort is another of the new characters this year that clearly has more to his story than what we know. Will the principal of Nevermore now be like the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts?
Donovan Galpin, a major character of season one, was found dead by Wednesday, his eyes pecked out by crows. “Murdered by a murder of crows” as Wednesday said. Donovan’s eye found its way to Wednesday and Enid’s dorm room.
All this is fun and I expect will mix together before the end of season two. What I have not enjoyed at all so far has been Pugsley Addams and his storyline. There is just something about Pugsley that is off-putting. I am also not fond of Eugene this season. I loved that character last year, but I am just not feeling him in season two so far. These two together have been dragging these episodes down.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is great as Morticia and seeing her more this season is only a good thing. She has some storyline that requires her to bring in her mother. It ties into Barry Dort’s desire as he blackmailed Bianca to use her siren song on Morticia.
There are two more episodes in the part one of season two.
Hey there. Welcome back to the EYG Comic Cavalcade. Lots of stuff to discuss this week.
last Friday, I had been invited to a special sale at the comic shop that I go to in Bettendorf. They had received a big collection of back issues, many silver age, and they made it a special night for those of us who are on their pull list. We received invitations and had first crack at the books. It was such a cool idea and it was fun. Lots of others there, shoulder to shoulder, going through these boxes.
I picked up some fun stuff, such as some Marvel Team-Up early issues, a four issue mini-series featuring Shazam written by Jeff Smith (of Bone fame), Daredevil #45, almost the entire run of American Vampire 1976, a six-issue series called Powerless, Amazing Spider-Man #130, and number 1, 2, & 3 of a 1970s Marvel series called Spoof.
It was cool to be involved in this special night. One of the other customers came dressed as Dr. Doom. They had on the wall where they usually had the new books, the big ticket items that I knew I wasn’t getting. The standout there for me was Amazing Spider-Man #129 in the CGC slab, rated 9.4. It was up for $2300. When I was there today getting new books, the guy there working said it had sold yesterday.
This week I also picked up a bunch of Incredible Hulk books from Todd at Comic World. I had some excess space in my Hulk box so I rummaged through those to pick up some older Hulks.
Books this week:
Amazing Spider-Man #9. Written by Joe Kelly and with art by guest artist Michael Dowling. Cover art was done by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Marcio Menyz. After Spidey got his butt handed him by Hellgate last issue, Peter is gun shy and not ready to come back as Spidey. Again, I have problems with this characterization because this feels very much opposite to who Peter Parker is as a character. I hope that by the end, that has straightened itself out.
One World Under Doom #6. “The Conscience of the King.” Written by Ryan North with art by R.B. Silva. Cover art was done by Ben Harvey. It is a worldwide debate between Doctor Doom and Reed Richards. I have to say, about half way through the book, I was feeling like I was on Team Doom. Thankfully, Reed had an ace up his stretchy sleeve from the other Avengers. This was a cool issue and showed the other side of the argument quite well.
Captain America #2. “Our Secret Wars Part 2” Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Valerio Schiti. Cover art was done by Ben Harvey. I also picked up the negative space variant by John Tyler Christopher. The story of Steve Rogers initial return from the ice continues. We did not know that there had been a replacement Captain America at the time, and they went to Latveria on a mission to face off with Doom. Zdarsky is an excellent writer and this seems to fall right into a strength for him.
Red Hulk #7. “Lab Rat.” Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Jethro Morales. Geoff Shaw & Marte Gracia did the cover art. Thunderbolt Ross is being tortured in one of the most horrendous ways possible. This book could be considered ‘body horror’ and it fits right in with some of the other Hulk books of recent times.
Something is Killing the Children #43. “All Her Monsters Part Three” Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Werther Dell’edera. Dell’edera also did the virgin variant cover art. I picked up the foil variant cover too by Suspiria Vilchez (Gold Medalist). The flashback storyline with younger Erica continued as monsters are ravaging another small town with another young girl who saw it happen. I have really enjoyed this storyline with Erica as a younger person.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #11. “Birthday.” Written by Jed MacKay and art by Domenico Carbone. Davide Paratore did the cover art. Happy birthday to Marc Specter!!! And it is a party! I liked this issue because it goes around with several of the side characters and they are speaking to someone who is with them. It feels like they are speaking to us (though it turned out to be Mon Knight’s daughter). Creative use of POV.
Blink and You’ll Miss It #1. Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan and illustrated by Keith Browning. Cover art was done by Keith Browning with Brad Simpson. This was one of my favorite books this week. Certainly the best of the new books this week. It is from Boom! Studios and it has a very mysterious and creepy vibe to it. I was thoroughly engaged with it.
Project Chimera: The Hero Trade #1. Written by Matt Kindt and art by David Lapham. Cover art was done by David Lapham and Bill Crabtree. Another really good new book, this one from Bad Idea. There are twins who have some kind of super powers and they are being kept prisoners (unbeknownst to them) because of the dangers. We follow the story through the eyes of two of the people responsible for keeping them. It is presented in black and white, which helps create a definite tone for this book.
Uncanny X-Men #19. “Skin Condition.” Written by Gail Simone and art by David Marquez. Cover art was done by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson. Deadpool and Outlaw make guest appearances in this book. I really have loved Gail Simone’s work on Uncanny. I love the characters she has, I love her new characters that she has introduced and I find the stories extremely fun, emotional and intelligent. I included a pic of this cover because Todd said he hated it. *Smiley face*
Hello Darkness #13. This has a several stories in this issue, all featuring a form of zombies. The cover I have is a variant done by Jenny Frison. My favorite of the stories this issue was entitled “Zag-Aftra.”
Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #1. “Chapter 1” Written by Greg Rucka and art by Nicola Scott. Cover art was done by Nicola Scott & Annette Kwok. I do love me a heist film and this comic is setting up a huge heist. Cheetah & Cheshire stealing from the Watchtower. This started with some great character work and setting up what we are going to get. Very good new DC book.
Don’t Forget Yor Briefcase #2. Written by Eliot Rahal and art and cover art by Phillip Sevy. This is a ton of fun, but I have to say, there was a section in the book that was a flashback to Kabul, Afghanistan that seemed to have the characters featured as puppets. It was a weird little tangent inside the story about the missing nuclear ‘football.’ Who wouldn’t check in the dryer? Hm.
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #3. Written by Charles Soule and art and cover art by Steve McNiven. One of the best comics of the week was Cold Day in Hell, the finale of the three-issue mini series featuring an old version of Daredevil battling older Bullseye. Frank Castle is here too (though he is in poor shape, to be fair). What a great story with a fantastic ending. Charles Soule outdid himself on this book. I am not a big fan of future stories, but this one is right at the top of the list.
Whatever Happened to the Crimson Justice #3. Written by Frank Tieri and art and cover art by Inaki Miranda. John continues to try and keep his past behind him, despite a hallucination that he was having of a young super hero (an old sidekick perhaps) and Dr. Mayhem unleashing deadly viruses on a subway train. Has John finally reached the point of return?
Tama #1. Written by Adam Schlagman & Doug Pasko with art by Daniel HDR. Dustin Nguyen did the cover art. New independent book by Panick Comics. What happens when a grieving teen named Kit discovers a virtual pet named Tama that turns out to be more than what he expects? Lots of mayhem and chaos. This was an interesting first issue and a creative idea.
Return to Skull Island #2. Written by Simon Furman and art by Christopher Jones. Cover art by The Knott. Kong is in bad shape, but Monster Island has created a new alpha! Can Kong survive another fight?
Orla! #1. “Chapter One: The Ick.” Written by John Lees and art and cover art by Sally Cantirino. Orla is looking for love… or is she? Or is she just looking for loser guys to feed to her monster side? This was a fun book that kind of reminded me of a cross between Love Everlasting and Something is Killing the Children. Although it is more like Something is Eating the Adult Male Jerks. Another winner from Mad Cave.
Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #1. Written by Ethan S. Parker and art by Griffin Sheridan. Another new Godzilla series. There seems to be a new one every week. However, this one does not have much panel time for Godzilla. We are in the Deadzone, which was a devastated Seattle, Washington by Kaiju. We are following a human monster with a tail.
Other books this week: Napalm Lullaby #10, Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #5, Marvel Rivals: Hellfire Gala #1, Secret Six #6, Thundercats #17 (Silver Medalist), w0rldtr33 #16, Superior Avengers #5, and Wolverine by Chris Claremont #1.
Quick Hits: Two Ultimate books this week as they continue to build to the return of the Maker. Ultimate Wolverine #8 featured the Ultimate Angel, who kicked ass, and the Ultimate X-Men #18. I missed Vision & Scarlet Witch #2 last month. Not sure how that happened, but issue two helped make more sense about issue #3 which I got last week. This week’s bronze medalist in the favorite covers of the week went to Red Sonja vs. The Army of Darkness #4. Who would guess that Sonja and Ash would work together this well? Obviously Dynamite Comics would. More Dynamite was here with Silverhawks #6. Absolute Superman #10 and Absolute Green Lantern #5 were out this week too. I liked the GL book pretty well. Wolverines & Deadpools #2 shakes off the odor of too much Wolverine and Deadpool together to have a strong book. I think it is truly helped by Ellie and Laura’s presence. Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #3 is setting up a big rematch between Superman and Godzilla. Todd got me The War #1 virgin variant cover that I debated about last week. I don’t know how a number one issue, reprinted from Hello Darkness, can have so many epic covers. The Thunder War continues in Storm #11. Mary Jane seems to have made a major decision in her life in All-New Venom #9. More ghost pirate action in Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest #3. I grabbed AWA’s book Charlamagne Tha God Presents ILLuminati #1. It was surprisingly compelling. Finally Sisterhood: A Hyde Street Story #2 is setting up some sinister trouble at the sorority house.
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