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So, the moons aligned in my favor and I was able to get into Room 6A for the aforementioned cartoon panels. First up, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". The panel featured an extended clip from "Rainbow Rocks", where it was revealed that Sunset Shimmer from the last movie will act as one of the protagonist, cause apparently trying to turn the entire student body into zombies and take over the world as a fire demon doesn't warrant an expulsion. Likewise, our villains this time around will be a trio of young women, confirmed to be more invaders from Equestria, based off the sirens of Greek myth whose nefarious purpose is to spur a battle o

(Warning: Spoilers Ahead)                Before I begin this review, I want to make it clear that I have never followed comic books that closely. Growing up, I got my fix of capes and tights from Saturday morning cartoons, which offered a gateway for the superhero genre without having to wade through decades of continuity. This seemed to be the logic behind DC’s “New 52” reboot, a bold attempt to re-imagine the company’s whole Universe for a whole new audiences of 30 – 45 year-old white, straight-cis males by making them as cynical and dreary as possible. And, whoopee, this new world of ridiculously high collar

Chapter 1 The young girl stood in absolute silence, her body stiff in a sort of waking meditation as she channeled her entire conscious being into the task at hand. Almond shaped-eyes ran a trail up and down the white chalk outline bisecting the court in front of her as well as the low hanging net marking the boundary of the mirror image on the opposing side, although the reflection was imperfect. Aside from the obvious differences in height and gender, her rival lacked the sense of discipline years of training drills after school had instilled upon her and it showed in the young man's poor posture, leaning forward prematurely only to make a

Prologue The aging train station in Virginia Junction displayed no signs of stagnation that Friday morning. Its inner arches and columns reflected the muffled groans and chatter of the numerous travelers who filled its antique halls as they scurried from one gate to another, and swearing bloody murder towards the fickle electronic boards displaying delays in their routes of travel. Mere seconds determined whether they would reach their destination on time and simple tasks such as reclaiming baggage at the end of a long ride turned into survival of the fittest. In fact, the place displaying the slightest semblance of sanity and order was the

 Chapter 4: Big Shot "You need to talk to her." The red head's plead fell upon deaf ears once again, the body to which they were attached motionless in the driver's seat parked perpendicularly to the driveway to the girl's home. Ben had remained silent the entire drive, first to Kevin's some so that he may attend to his own battered vehicle as he originally planned and then across town to his cousin's significantly more posh neighborhood. When he pulled up to the sizable abode, he felt as if he had successfully avoided further discussion of their group's recent crisis and that Gwen would let him sort out his own relationship troubles for

* * * The young woman stared down at her patient in front of her, lying lifelessly atop a cold linoleum slab, sliced in half laterally for all to bear witness to its frayed wires and corroded silicon chips. An state of the arc electromagnetic scanner in one hand, she went over covered ground once more with a scowl on her face, checking each nano-fiber, coil and circuit breaker for the slightest hint of life, or at least something to be salvaged from the once prime specimen. No such luck was to be had, as the device in her hand emitted no more than an ominous flatline as she scanned the perimeter of her armor salvaged from the last night's b

Chapter 3: Everybody Wants You It appeared to be nothing more than an uncoordinated blur of both sound and sight at first. A cluster of heads at the bottom of the screen provided peanut gallery comments while the anxious cameraman zipped back and forth over them, finally deciding on the hulking black and green titan in the distance. The grainy resolution of the device used to capture the footage and the inadequate lighting came off as even more of an eyesore, but to the astute film critic, it complemented the pandemonium of the scene quite nicely. Better yet, the latter issue was resolved once the star of the film made quick work of the rear

Chapter 2: About a Girl It can be argued that the most powerful super power a competent hero can have is precognitive ability. Strength, speed, and the ability to project fire from one's hands are all respectable feats, but on the battlefield a good protector of the people must consider the outcome of each move, in the real-life chess game between them and those on the opposition. Ben 10 and his confidants have learned from experience that such conflicts rarely occur in predetermined boundaries, and environmental hazards must be taken into account. Sadly, this lesson was lost on the small group of Plumbers during the past battle, believing t

Chapter 1: Limelight Nighttime had once again come to silence the thriving locale of Bellwood's downtown shopping complex. Proprietors of the stores and restaurants lining the edges of the street had long ago retired, leaving their places of business sitting in cold darkness, locked up tight until their return the following morning. Moving down the street, one would find the similar thing by peering into any of the building's windows, the ghostly atmosphere stainless bare linoleum floors and unmanned registers displayed in concrete dioramas blocking out the faint moonlight and stars; though, a rare exception came upon reaching Phillip's Flat