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Sisko's forces begin freeing the Quadrant minds.  Along with Worf they make it to Lore's throne room and find Data's head.  Lore appears and with him he brings Jennifer and Jake.  Worf talks Sisko into completing their mission and Sisko calls forth the Orbs against Lore.  Worf uses an Orb and disintegrates Lore.  With that, Data restores the universe and the issue ends in a flash of light. There is a massive amount of ass-pull in this issue.  Sisko's forces easily manage to free the Quadrant minds.  They also manage to collect ten Orbs.  Did I sleep through this?  Were the Orbs ever mentioned?  You'd think someone like Lore would have erased the Orbs along with the Wormhole.  After all this, it just seems like the final stage of a video game that you beat on the simplest setting.  Worf kills Lore and that is it.  It is over just like that.  It feels so hollow.   five out of ten.

Creators : Larry Hama (writer), Paul Pelletier (penciller), Tonk Kordos (inker), Francesco Segala (colorist), Sabrina Del Grosso (flatter), Pat Brosseau (letterer) Plot : The infiltration team made up of Wet Suit, Muskrat, Helix, and Multo set up their surveillance of Cobra Island.  In Springfield, the Ninja Team go undercover to figure out what Destro is up to.  At Revanche, Dr. Mindbender is given an "upgrade" and has developed hand-to-hand skills.  The Cobra Island team witness the cruise ship guests are now sleeper agents for Revanche and both they and the Ninja team check in with Duke at the pit.  Meanwhile, in Scotland, Destro reveals that he added pain inducers while removing bullets from Cobra Commander and will use that to negotiate a good deal. Writing : Like we see a lot, Hama is putting all of his pieces into place for a few issues before getting to the action.  One thing I've enjoyed is that Hama does like to put the occasional military lingo in the...

SOLOMON KANE: THE SERPENT RING part 3: Till death do us part The false Jesuit minister Father Goncallo and his novice, Mbondu are guiding Zarza, Nico Cassini, Abramo Bensaid, Diamanta Bensaid and Solomon Kane deeper into the Kingdom of Ndongo. The Aragonese, Rolando Zarza (thorny shrub in Spanish), a disgraced Knight of Malta, is still in charge of the expedition. Solomon Kane is still protecting Abramo and his daughter, Diamanta. Mbondu mentions that Abramo's brother-in-law, Paolo Laurenti brought evil on the Ndongo and that Kane and Co are here to take this evil away. The Ndongo attack, stuffing the sky with arrows, shouting "Father Goncallo must die!". Saurez and a helper get killed.   Nico gets an arrow in the shoulder. Zarza shoots Mbondu's chieftain (the one who was directing the attack). The Ndongo retreat. São Manços mission, Jesuit ministry up the Kwanza River, Kingdom of Ndongo, Africa.  Diamanta takes care of Nico's wound. Nico suggest that they should ...