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Wonder Woman #16

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I wasn’t expecting a Columbo episode out of the latest issue of Wonder Woman, but that’s exactly what Wonder Woman #16 delivers. With Wonder Woman spending time in Themyscira with her mother Hippolyta and her daughter Lizzie, retribution comes to the Sovereign from an unexpected source. Diana doesn’t make a move against him herself, but the death of a thousand cuts to the secret organization continues with the arrival of an unexpected guest.

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Jenny Sparks #5

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Taking break from the standoff between Jenny Sparks and Captain Atom, Jenny Sparks #5 works as something of an origin issue offering flashbacks to both Captain Atom’s origins and to Jenny Sparks’ recruitment by Superman and Batman. The latter provides the big laughs of the issue while the former helps reintroduce the character of Atom and restate the challenges Jenny has in dealing with him through her discussion of one of the hostages whose cancer he cured.

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Powerpuff Girls Winter Snowdown Showdown #1

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Just in time for Christmas comes this holiday one-shot featuring the girls on their best behavior at holiday time while also splitting up to find the perfect Christmas gift for the Professor. Having promised to try to watch the violence and property damage (for both their dad and Santa), the girls find themselves in some unfamiliar territory as Blossom deals with the Rowdyruff Boys, Bubbles runs into trouble with Princess Morbucks, and Buttercup runs into Santa-dressed MoJo JoJo. The Professor also gets an unwelcome visitor of his own as well.

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Batman: Dark Patterns #1

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After three years patrolling the streets, the new twelve-issue maxi-series opens with a Batman jaded to the problems of Gotham City he can’t solve while continuing his crusade to help where he can. Batman: Dark Patterns #1 brings the latest victim of a serial killer to Batman’s attention, killed, like the others, by literally being tortured to death. After running into more trouble that he should looking into the first victim of the killer, the Dark Knight Detective makes a connection between the lawyer and the other victims.

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Red Sonja #16

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As both Kulan Garth and Erlick separately search for her leaving valleys of bodies in their wake, Red Sonja heads through the wetlands into the mountains with Unnar, and with the warrior Atali on her heels. Despite death taking a grip on her, Sonja continues along fighting her own visions (which she discovers the ability to alter), Kulan Garth’s shadows, and giant monsters standing in the way of her path to the Afterworld.

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