DWEarhart
10-28-2006, 02:47 PM
Brian Azzarello writes and Carlos D'Anda draws.
We have a torture expert waxing philosophic while he's working, and using a shaved chili pepper in an interesting manner.
Cut to the Pentagon, as General Rucks is also pondering the universe, ranting to a young lady while he's exfoliating his bowels on the toilet, playing what looks to be a PSP. Ivana Baiul (I think) comes in, confirming the existence of a certain P.O.W.
A rescue team is dispatched to Az'Aralo (Get it? Yuh get it?), to a prison/training camp. The panels show irony working its way between the two soon to be opposing forces, and then a missle is fired from the incoming rescue chopper, and BOOM. Or, as the book says, "BOOOOOM!"
The rescue team comes in, guns ablazing. They find the cell they're lookiing for, and blow it open, accidentally killing the man they're there to rescue. The P.O.W. being tortured views this as his opportunity to escape, and uses the physics of maximum pressure from a blunt object used against a human head, and a sliding peep hole.
This P.O.W. claims to be Michael Cray, a.k.a. Deathblow, presumed dead for six years. He asks for a gun so he can shoot the lock open. In doing so, one of the bullets ricochet's, and irony turns its ugly head on one of the liberating soldiers.
We go to Guantanamo as General Ruckus has received confirmation that the man in the room with him is a scientifically approved, living Michael Cray. A Michael Cray that Ruckus believes may be witholding information. He brings in Ivana to pick up where the first torture pro left off.
End of issue #1.
D'Anda's art doesn't seem to fit well with Azzarello's writing, but then again, if they're not a minimalist, whose does? Or maybe its just the character, and the atmosphere of the book that seems to disagree with the artwork, but then again, that goes back to the writing.
This book took about two or three minutes to finish, and we don't know who's important yet, and who's expendable. Nothing was revealed about Deathblow except that he was alive.
If you're a big Deathblow fan, you could probably give the book a couple of more issues to see if something happens. If you're a casual fan, go back to the old series. And, if you've never read or heard of Deathblow, I'd recommend looking up the old series as well, but it's up to you.
We have a torture expert waxing philosophic while he's working, and using a shaved chili pepper in an interesting manner.
Cut to the Pentagon, as General Rucks is also pondering the universe, ranting to a young lady while he's exfoliating his bowels on the toilet, playing what looks to be a PSP. Ivana Baiul (I think) comes in, confirming the existence of a certain P.O.W.
A rescue team is dispatched to Az'Aralo (Get it? Yuh get it?), to a prison/training camp. The panels show irony working its way between the two soon to be opposing forces, and then a missle is fired from the incoming rescue chopper, and BOOM. Or, as the book says, "BOOOOOM!"
The rescue team comes in, guns ablazing. They find the cell they're lookiing for, and blow it open, accidentally killing the man they're there to rescue. The P.O.W. being tortured views this as his opportunity to escape, and uses the physics of maximum pressure from a blunt object used against a human head, and a sliding peep hole.
This P.O.W. claims to be Michael Cray, a.k.a. Deathblow, presumed dead for six years. He asks for a gun so he can shoot the lock open. In doing so, one of the bullets ricochet's, and irony turns its ugly head on one of the liberating soldiers.
We go to Guantanamo as General Ruckus has received confirmation that the man in the room with him is a scientifically approved, living Michael Cray. A Michael Cray that Ruckus believes may be witholding information. He brings in Ivana to pick up where the first torture pro left off.
End of issue #1.
D'Anda's art doesn't seem to fit well with Azzarello's writing, but then again, if they're not a minimalist, whose does? Or maybe its just the character, and the atmosphere of the book that seems to disagree with the artwork, but then again, that goes back to the writing.
This book took about two or three minutes to finish, and we don't know who's important yet, and who's expendable. Nothing was revealed about Deathblow except that he was alive.
If you're a big Deathblow fan, you could probably give the book a couple of more issues to see if something happens. If you're a casual fan, go back to the old series. And, if you've never read or heard of Deathblow, I'd recommend looking up the old series as well, but it's up to you.