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Pick Your Pickle and Prepare for Puns: Pickleball's Board Game Just Launched. A fast, fun, irreverent board game that celebrates the joy of Pickleball. Fans of silly puns, pickles, and fast-paced games alike have a new game to add to their list of must-haves: HotShot Pickleball. This delightful card-drawing board game is quick to learn and gives a surprising amount of opportunity to lightly strategize as you race to the ball and attempt to hit it back over the net to your opponent. The debut release from indie studio Midnight Trading Co., HotShot Pickleball was made while game designer Robert Gelb was recovering from an Achilles injury sustained, ironically, by playing Pickleball. For those who haven’t heard of pickleball, it's the fastest-growing sport in the world, with over 32 million players last year. HotShot Pickleball is a lively, family-friendly game that combines the fun of the sport with a cast of quirky, pickle-themed characters like Stew Cumber, Kim Chee, and Corni...
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Double Quick Ratings: @DCComics Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Movement, Swamp Thing, GL Corps, Katana, Hordak, Threshold


I was getting a little behind again so I'm clearing out my backlog, so here's a double dose of today's Quick Ratings. Included are DC's; Green Arrow #21, Green Lantern #21, The Movement #2, Swamp Thing #21, Green Lantern Corps #21, Katana #5, Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Hordak #1, and Threshold #6. If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.
See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic


Green Arrow #21 - The Kill Machine, Conclusion


Ollie returns to the island where he first became Green Arrow and learns some hard truths about his father and the mysterious Outsiders!

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 Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4 - (Buy Green Arrow #21) SAVE 10%


Green Lantern #21 - Dark Days Ahead


Hal Jordan becomes the leader of the most feared and hated group in the universe: The Green Lantern Corps! New faces, new threats and a new beginning for the GREEN LANTERN monthlies!


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 Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 5/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.9 - (Buy Green Lantern #21) SAVE 25%

The Movement #2 - With No Hint of Malice


The unrest in Coral City heats up as citizens clash with the police. Which side stands to gain when super powered protesters enter the fray?

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 Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 2/5
Verdict 2.7 - (Buy The Movement #2) SAVE 10%

Swamp Thing #21 - The Murder Poet


Who is Capucine, and what is the Sanctuary of the Green Leaves? Mysteries plague Swamp Thing as he rushes to find the answers to these questions and finds much more than he expected, and see a Swamp Thing from the past unlike any you've ever imagined!

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6 - (Buy Swamp Thing #21) SAVE 20%

Green Lantern Corps #21 - Chain Reaction


It’s nonstop action as the Green Lantern Corps faces attacks on Oa and Earth…and Guy Gardner is presented with a choice that could change the balance of power between the different Lantern Corps forever!

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.7 - (Buy Green Lantern Corps #21) SAVE 20%

Katana #5 - Born to Kill


Katana travels to Japan in search of the one person who can fix her sword, Soultaker—but first she must contend with one of the souls that escaped when the sword was shattered!

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 3.1 - (Buy Katana #5) SAVE 10%

Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Hordak #1 - The Devil's Due


How does one go about becoming a demigod? And, what the heck is a demigod anyway? These questions and more will be answered in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ORIGIN OF HORDAK! Travel to the distant past and learn how the old gods died and how Hordak went from being a conquerer of the cosmos to something very like a god.

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 2/5
Story 2/5
Verdict 2.6 - (Buy Masters of the Universe: The Origin of Hordak #1) SAVE 10%

Threshold #6 - Strange Bedfellows; What Becomes a Legend?


As their status as fugitives spreads throughout the universe, The Hunted head toward a confrontation with The Shepard and his flock of Sun-Eaters! And in the backup story, Star Hawkins is assigned to find the so-called “Legend”—the first-ever Hunted contestant, who most folks believe is still out there...somewhere.

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 2/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 2.9 - (Buy Threshold #6) SAVE 10%

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