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Preview: Lucifer 1×1 (US: Fox)

Lucifer

In the US: Fox. Set to air 2016
In the UK: Not yet acquired

Some ideas just sound rubbish as soon as you hear them. You take a much-loved adult comic strip, Lucifer, created by one of the world’s most esteemed fantasy writers, Neil Gaiman, in which the Devil decides he’s had enough of Hell and decides to start a new life for himself on Earth.

And then you make a TV series of it that’s also a police procedural. Yes, the Devil solving crimes every week. On Fox, the network where good procedurals go to die.

And then you get that bloke from Miranda to play the Devil.

Just total rubbish, right?

Except Lucifer somehow manages to take all those elements, mix them together and produce something that’s actually very engaging. I assume some soul-selling was involved.

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Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Injustice Gods Among Year Four #18, Wonder Woman #77 #8

Weekly Wonder Woman’s back from its holiday on Themyscira everyone (Καλώς ήρθατε, WWW!). While it’s been on its sojourn, numerous Wonder-full comics have been published, including the likes of Justice League of America #3, Deathstroke #9, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman, Justice League #43, Superman/Wonder Woman #20, Wonder Woman #43, and new arrival DC Comics: Bombshells.

I’ll be reviewing precisely none of those today, since trying to play that much catch-up in one go lies on more or less the same ley line as barking insanity. However, as usual, I’ll probably catch each of them up once the next issue comes out.

Instead, today, I’ll content myself with looking at just last week’s issues and their continuing storylines: Injustice Gods Among Year Four #18 and Wonder Woman #77 #8. See you after the jump, once you’ve stopped ogling Gal Gadot in a new Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice promo pic and wondering why all the Wonder Woman pics are of her looking glamorous, while Supes and Bates just look moody and fighty.

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