KICK-ASS 3 #7: (Please remember that Cool Shit contains
spoilers. To quote a great man, “Tread lightly.”) Mark Millar’s not fucking
around. This is the end of KICK-ASS. He pulls a very bizarre move in this issue
though: he has the Motherfucker turn on his Mafia family and try to save
Hit-Girl. I’m unclear as to why he does this. It’s completely out of character
for him. Is it just so he can have his Hobgoblin-from-the-third-Spider-Man
moment? Ugh. Not that it matters, though, since the Motherfucker gets killed in
this issue. Seriously, Millar is an animal. He could do anything. There is one
issue left, and there’s no way to predict the ending. For all we know, Hit-Girl
and Kick-Ass die in the end. I suspect Hit-Girl will get it. I don’t know about
Kick-Ass, but we’ll see soon. (PS: I love Big Daddy’s monster truck.)
G.I. JOE: SPECIAL MISSIONS #14: This one is reminiscent of
the old Marvel G.I. JOE book. This is the perfect example of a Special Mission,
taking one character and spotlighting him in the field. This is Lowlight’s book
as he faces off against a Cobra sniper with a wounded Mainframe in the middle
of it all. Since COBRA FILES ended, I’ve been greatly disappointed with this
title. It was nice to see this one go out on top with a cool issue. That’s
right, this is the last issue of SM. We’re stuck with the regular G.I. JOE from
here on out (and the original Hama
series, which is hit or miss). It’s a shame. I hope the next step for IDW and
these characters is much better than what we’ve been getting lately.
THE TWILIGHT ZONE #4: And so the first story arc ends. It
comes to a very satisfying ending. I’m not sure if it’s something that Rod
Serling would have done, but tone-wise, I think he would have been proud. The
only problem I have with it is the introduction of the next story by
interweaving it with this one in an odd hybrid of an epilogue/prologue. It
seems a bit cheap. I’d rather do without it. Besides, it ruins the effect of
the final monologue (which, presumably, belongs to Serling). But I’ll reserve
judgment until I’ve read the next issue.
THE WALKING DEAD #125: Here we have it, ladies and
gentlemen. The moment of truth. Rick vs. Negan, one on one. Except . . . it’s
not the two-fisted battle in a boiler room you might expect. No, it’s a verbal
argument. And shockingly enough, Rick gives Negan a wonderful argument for why
the war should end. He’s of the opinion that they could achieve wonderful
things if they just worked together instead of trying to kill each other.
Surprise! Rick gets through to Negan. He sees the light. It looks like we’re
going to have a peace agreement. Too bad Rick fucking slits Negan’s throat. All
right, I don’t really think he does a good enough job. I’ll bet next issue, it
will be revealed to be a shallow job, and Negan’s going to make it. Kirkman’s
not done with a guy like Negan, not yet. No fucking way. We don’t have his
backstory yet. But we’ll see. Next issue is the last of “All Out War.”
Here’s a bonus: NEXT TESTAMENT #8. I’m going to review it
next week on Wednesday at the Napalm Reviews, but I just wanted to share this
wonderful image from this book with you. Haemi Jang is a wonderful artist.
Stay tuned next week for a special announcement concerning
this column.
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