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I am a big Cable fan, so X-Force was a happy pull from the grab bag. This is one of the first times we have had a glimpse of the X-Future. Which I just made up, pretty good huh? The X-Future is a dark place, Marvel has a history of showing us a future where the bad guys win. This is no exception to that common theme and was well worth the time. Boom!

I used to really like Annuals. It was something special with a lot of bang for your buck. Now this is one I won at auction so if you have been listening... I haven't read any of these. This one felt a little disjointed--we both have different Annuals and have mixed opinions. However I was glad to find these in the bin and found some one diamond in the rough. Here we go!

From one set of starts to another. Star Wars: Shadow Stalker is a one off story featuring a apprentice or mercenary of Darth Vader. Which all sounds great in principle. This should have been a series that with the right amount of time and effort would probably be streaming on Disney+ by now. Since they tend to create things from nothing, this could have been something made from something. I'm getting off topic... Check it out.

So, I lost touch with Star Trek a long time ago. But this is Grab Bag Month and I am at the will of the random draw. Today we take a read of two different Star Trek Comics from the same era. These are both based on 'The Original Series' and focuses on... the later years. Let's get to it.

I didn't know who the author was prior to recording todays episode... I have to say this is some dynamite storytelling that took me by suprise and overall I really enjoyed the read. Eclipse Comics seems to have a wide variety in their catalogue. Hopefully this title will not be the last as we continue throughout the year.

So this is a completely new one to me, I learned a lot about these characters and am interested in reading more. Grab Bag Month can be a tricky one, you hit or miss--this as a standalone felt like a miss. I think the overall story arch is interesting and am looking forward to next time around to see if we grab anymore titles from Valant Comics.

Now I know who Predator is and I am assuming you all do as well. Do you know Magnus? I didn't until today and boy am I interested in seeing more. This is a man who was trained his entire life to hunt robots... Fighting against a being from another planet who was trained its entire life to hunt humans and other assorted prey. So this already sounds like something I could get into... From Dark Horse Comics we present Predator vs Magnus.

East of the Viking Heroes... Last of the Viking Heroes... I didn't realize until typing this that I said the name of this comic incorrectly the entire show. So I wasn't sure if I should say "Last" or "East" in the title because it may be confusing... So I hope this clears things up. This is from Genesis West, again this is new to me--not sure if there is a Genesis East? Come to think of it that may also be the reason I got the title wrong. Anyway, let us now delve into the adventures of the Viking Heroes who may be from the east but most definetly the last.

Yes... Today we are talking about Silver Star. Some of you may be asking... What's exactly is Silver Star? Well until today I would have asked the same question. Luckily we are all on this journey together and on that journey we will learn together. So let's get this started with a grab from Pacific Comics entitled Silver Star.