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Agent Carter: “Now is Not the End”

Supergirl made a big deal out of the rather obvious family connection between its title character and Superman -- and oddly enough, it has managed to last four seasons. Agent Carter for the most part downplayed the obvious connection between its title character and Captain America -- and it barely lasted two seasons. There is a lesson there, methinks.

Anyway, I always had a soft spot for Agent Carter and I was always a bit disappointed that the show itself was not more successful. It did not help that in an age where almost every bad TV show gets countless commercials advertising its presence, the show itself got little if any publicity. I did not catch up with the show until the second season but even then I could not help admiring its gift for witty dialogue and suspenseful plotlines. However, my opinion has proved to be a minority one.

Anyway in this episode, Peggy did a lot of investigating for a government agency known as the Strategic Scientific Reserve and uncovered a plot which indirectly led to the murder of her roommate. Will her poor roommate be avenged? Inquiring minds want to know.

Comic Book Image of the Week

From writer Frank Miller's Daredevil's "Born Again" story arc comes yet another reason to admire the good Captain.

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Of course, if you prefer more context, there is always this group of scenes:

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: Captain America

I just saw the movie version of this cartoon this past weekend and yet I'm ashamed to admit that I have absolutely no childhood memories of this cartoon. In fact, I owe almost all my knowledge of this cartoon's title character prior to this month to old Marvel comic books -- including the cross-over appearance he once made in Frank Miller's Daredevil. And of course, all that happened long after this cartoon went off the air.