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7Psychopaths #1

Let’s say you want to assassinate Hitler, how would you go about it? For one English Colonel during World War II, it’s listening to a mad man. Professor Goldschmidt has been committed to a psych ward with Persecution Complex. The complex is the paranoia of being persecuted, which is ironic considering he’s Jewish during World War II. The Colonel and Goldschmidt begin devising a team of mentally ill patience’s. The insane Professor picks one, then the Colonel. They only need to find six people willing to take on the death mission as the Professor will be the seventh.

The first recruit was a high ranking German officer before he went crazy. Now he feels that Hitler is talking to him and communicating his plans for the future. If he really is, he’ll prove to be very useful to the team. The Colonel’s choice is sniper that suffered a nervous breakdown. Now she’s a mother and unfit for duty. Her skills are still sharp though, as she shoots the letters off street signs. Due to her daughter and illness she’s reluctant to join the mission.

The Darkness – Darkchylde: Kingdom Pain

Darkchylde’s mind is under attack by an alien parasite. Fortunately, a sliver of her psyche breaks off in the form of a smart mouth little girl named Miss Happy. She sends out a distress call to Sara Pezzini, the Witchblade. But the signal gets crossed and Jackie Estacado, the Darkness ends up helping instead.

Jackie is lured down the proverbial rabbit hole by Miss Happy, in the guise of Jackie’s dead lover. He knows she’s dead, but he also knows he would follow her to hell if it would bring her back. After landing at the bottom of the hole, Jackie is first introduced to Miss Happy and her mangled robot. Jackie and Miss happy exchange Shakespearean dialog, spitting lines back and forth with each other. Jackie sees a lost little girl and wants to help her. Miss Happy on the other hand needs to test the water before accepting Jackie’s help. After trust has been established, Jackie is taken to Darkchylde’s blood frozen body/mind. Jackie and the Darkness make quick work of the ice and Darkchylde is re-awoken.

Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 #1 – Review

Armory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 is BOOM! Studios and Evil Ink Comics new twelve part mini-series. It’s written by the front man of the band Coheed and Cambria; Claudio Sanchez and comic book veteran Peter David (X-Factor). The duo’s previous work was a book called “Year of the Black Rainbow”. Interesting enough, this book is accompanied by an album of the same name from Claudio’s band. 

R. Crumb’s Devil Girl Candy Tins

May 24, 2010 – Los Angeles – BOOM! Town, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, announced today R. CRUMB’S DEVIL GIRL™ HOT KISSES are coming to the direct market this July. 

Here’s something that’s really different! Everyone knows who Robert Crumb is, especially with his Biblical graphic novel Genesis topping best-seller lists. But what other cartoonist has his own candy? What’s really cool is that DEVIL GIRL™ HOT KISSES comes in the neatest imaginable round tin with Crumb graphics on all sides. The candy itself is cinnamon flavored hearts. Each tin is priced at just $3.99, and if you’re a serious collector, you can get an entire P.O.P. (point-of-purchase display box) designed by Crumb: a dozen tins in a super-cool die-cut box adorned with long-tongued and long legged Devil Girl imagery that will make visiting collectors drool with envy. Ships in July and carries a Diamond code of MAY100868.REPUGLICANS.

The Legion of Super-Heros #1

The Legion of Super-Heroes have has one of the biggest followings in the DCU. Now for the 6^th time DC will re-launch the Legion of Super-Heroes. It comes off the heels of Geoff Johns’ recent run with the Legion in Action Comics and Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds.

Somewhere in the 31^st Century Arctic, Earth-Man is being drained of his power after being charged with crimes against Aliens. Earth-Man convinced Earth to break away from the Planet Federation because they wouldn’t let him join the Legion. Before that, Earth-Man gets an offer to join the Legion from the same “Big Government”. Now the Legion has a new unwanted member that they are forced to babysit. Under the Legion’s watch Earth-Man gets yet another choice in the form of Dyogene, an emissary of the Guardians who recruits Green Lanterns. Meanwhile Saturn Girl is on Titan for a telepathic look back through her life, but just then energies from the Time Institute shakes the planet. Now she must choose to save the planet or her kids.

Avengers #1

The Avengers restart after the events of The Siege. At the beginning of the story is set on the future, we see a group of “heroes” looking at a defeated villain named Immortus. Immortus, is a time traveling villain and has just lost a fight against the unknown group. He promises the unknown team that he will watch them die for what they have done to him. After this threat, Immortus disappears and we are shown who these heroes are. The unknown heroes are offspring of the current The Avengers. As the first two pages end, we are introduced to the present day with Steve Rogers. The former Captain America states that the world needs The Avengers now more than ever. The president has asked Steve Rogers what the world need, his answer is The Avengers

The Avengers team that Steve is building consists of a mixture of founding Avengers, New Avengers, Young Avengers, and reserved Avengers. Out of all the recruits that Steve has gotten, only Wonder Man is the only person reluctant to join the team. Wonder Man feels The Avengers are tied into all the recent catastrophes, so he refuses to join. The team that is constructed in this book varies, there’s heroes that are either becoming really popular in the Marvel universe and some well known characters from their own series. Each member of this new team brings good and interesting elements to the team.

Okko: The Cycle of Air #2 – Review

Okko and his traveling companions have arrived at Okko’s hometown. It appears that Okko comes from noble roots and is not the scummy lone samurai he appears to be. Although Okko is a ronin samurai, he is the master of others, including: a monk named Noshin, a Honyo (A child born of a demon and human) named Noburo, and a young fisherman named Tikku. Okko is their master but really their friend and protector at times.