M3- issue 0 and 1
Publisher- Vice Press
M3comc.com
Writer- Erica Schultz
The Hook- Young Machiavella Maria Marcona parents were
assanated in front of her when she was a child. It left her with only one
person to take care of her..the man who assainated her…DUH DUH. Grown up the
hitman try to keep her out of the lifestyle but to no avail. She become an
assain and goes on a mission of revenge while an FBI agent chasing after her.
All while a conspiracy happens around them that they both need to figure out.
To book took me by surprise. I was leaving the comic con
and basically the last book I grab before catching the train. I figure 3 dollars
why not. When I read the name of the character and find her name was
Machiavella…I thought this was going to be a bucket of stupid. I assume it
would be hitmen talking about Philosophy while they sip on wine. But it better then
that. Its really cool. First the art if pretty good. It very stylish and fit
the dark action movie tone. It has a lot of style. The style is realistic but
with a bit of a heighten tone. It’s a painted, almost photo and cell shaded
style. The style makes you buy it as an action movie thriller. The main character is sexy but not in a
Charlie Angel skimpy clothing type of way. Nor is she unstoppable. If she tries
to Leroy Jekins her way through 30 arm guards it will end badly for her. So she
is force to be smart. It is a nice scene in issue 2 where, her plan messes up
due to a rather small error and she freaks out a bit. It makes her force to use her brains to get
out of things and you get to see her plan her hits. So it gives it an Authenticity. This is not to say it doesn’t have big character that happily chew
the screen. It leaves room for cool dialogue for you to enjoy. The relationship
between her and the hitman who adopted her is pretty interesting. Now I only
got issue 0 and 2. I don’t know if there an issue 1. So I may be missing some
details. But I may not get why should I root for this particular killer over
the others at time. Nor why should the surrogate father who killed the parents
in the first place get off the hook
