Also this week:

DAREDEVIL: REDEMPTION #1 - An odd little series based on the Robin Hood Hills Murders, in which three kids were found guilty of murder on the grounds that one of them, who was mentally handicapped, confessed under police questioning (only to recant later that night), and... well, they wore black.  It's an awkward mix, since there's not really much for Daredevil to do other than turn up and be a lawyer.  When he gets into costume before visiting the crime scene, you find yourself wondering why.  There's a really annoying bit early on where Foggy Nelson is made to act like an idiot so that Matt can do his "By gosh, everyone deserves a defence" routine - since when does a criminal defence lawyer think it would be bad publicity to defend somebody accused of murder?!  Otherwise, a mixed bag.  It's well-intentioned, but it really feels like it's trying to hammer the story into a genre where it doesn't belong.  B

SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL #1 - Tits!  Tits of every shape and size!  Actually, no.  Hold on.  That's not right.  Tits of just one shape and size, really.  And given that that was basically the whole point of the book, now that Marvel have decided that they don't do tits, and all previously drawn tits must be obscured, we're left with a book that really is somewhat pointless.  Worse yet, fully half of this comic is entirely devoid of tits!  It's, like, men and dinosaurs and shit.  I mean, what's that all about, then?  C+

Last week's Article 10 is still up at Ninth Art.

Next week, Ultimate X-Men #56 has more of Ultimate Spiral; "The Underground" continues in District X #10; "Voodoo Economics" kicks off in Gambit #7; and Jubilee gets cancelled with issue #6.  There's also the tenth Ultimate X-Men trade paperback, collecting "Cry Wolf", the Fenris arc.

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