By Dustin Cabeal

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033 - Back with more comics for you. Mostly new issues, but this is the first week that I haven't been slamming through graphic novels. Though I could have done that again this week, those reviews will be up later, and I don't want to spoil them. Perhaps next time. Right now though I'm going to get vague and save the spoilers for once! Earmuffs off people, that and it's like 90 today where I live so you'll just look like an asshole.

Comic Books covered in this episode:

• RoboCop: Citizen's Arrest #1
• Sideways #2-3
• The Immortal Men #1
• Gideon Falls #2
• Crude #1
• The Dead Hand #1

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By Garrett Hanneken

This comic can be defined with its fast-paced action from panel to panel as the art bursts out with Sonic’s speed. But in the end, it all seems a little too familiar in regards to story compared to the previous issue.

Sonic saves a group of citizens from another robot attack, but this time he is accompanied by Amy Rose. Amy tries to talk to Sonic, just like Tails from the last issue, but Sonic is too busy with his own agenda to truly listen. In conclusion, Sonic races on to the next town to find Knuckles which seems to be the pattern of the series so far: Sonic goes from town to town teaming up with various allies.

By Dustin Cabeal

I live in this weird comic bubble in which I don’t seek out or read other people’s thoughts on comics for the most part. I never read what anyone is saying about a book I’m reviewing because there’s always a chance that it could slip its way into my review. I don’t know how Sideways is being received, but I can almost guess that it’s a mixed bag.

By Cat Wyatt

After the conclusion of the last issue, when they sensed that the Empress was nearby, Rion and Tair know they don’t have much time left to prepare. If they’re ever going to have a chance at taking her out, they must do it soon. Of course, there’s a very good chance that she sensed them at the same time, and thus their attack will not be a surprise. Still, if they’re going to save anyone from her wraith, they must act soon.

By Dustin Cabeal

If you liked the first issue of Gideon Falls, then good news, you’ll likely like the second issue as well. Having read the first issue in advance to its release, it’s been longer for me since returning to the series. Reading the second issue felt very much like reading the first issue again and left me with almost the same vibe. This time around though, there isn’t that one killer scene. You know the one, with Father Tom… shit was bad ass.

By Cat Wyatt

Issue 39 of Suicide Squad was left off with the Wall (America’s fantastic new replacement for the Suicide Squad) going rogue, hacking into the Pentagon, and somehow taking every single person in Washington D.C. hostage via possession. Oh, and the Wall will only allow the Suicide Squad team in, anybody else enters the area and every person under his control dies. Now, I have theories about what’s going on here, but it’ll be interesting to see how this all goes down.

By Sam King

DuckTales the comic series takes the characters from the 2017 reboot of the original cartoon that ran from 1987-1990 and puts them in new adventures. Having owned and watched every original DuckTales episode, I guess you could call me a pretty big fan of the "franchise" in general. I’m in the middle of the reboot and couldn’t pass on the chance to review the matching comics. I wouldn’t say that the new adventures beat out the originals, but for a fresh audience, it isn’t that bad.

By Garrett Hanneken

Artemis confronts Bizarro in an emotional conversation, and Red Hood goes solo to Penguin’s casino. The two stories are split up equally, but the comic mainly succeeds when it focuses on Bizarro’s personal dilemma.

The conversation between Artemis and Bizarro stood out due to the way it makes us understand why Bizzaro is addicted to the liquid Kryptonite. Rather than giving the reader a blunt explanation of Bizarro’s addiction, we are treated with an emotional understanding. The art is able to highlight and compliment Bizarro’s feelings with emotional cues such as gazing off or looking straight into Artemis’ eyes with sincerity.

By Dustin Cabeal

It would be easy to spend most of my review listing all the things this series had going against it before I even picked it up. As a fan of the original two movies, it gets tiring seeing failed attempt after failed attempt to prolong this franchise. While I would love to pitch BOOM! a Robocop story, when they’re landing big established names in the industry, I doubt they’d want to entertain a reviewer’s script idea.

By Cat Wyatt

Issue 42 of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps has us starting up a new plot. That isn’t to say that Zod isn’t still a threat (because he absolutely is), but he’s likely acting in the shadows and out of sight for the moment. This issue does bring around some enemies we’ve become more familiar with as of late, which is always fun. It also introduces a new threat (well, new to rebirth I should say).