Written by- Jan Lucanus and Jan C Childress
Art- Antonio Rojo
Publisher- Creative Impulse
The Hook- Two martial artist takes up their parent business
of disking out Justice for hire. They add their own twist to it, using media
and reality TV. This tell takes place in a world that a throwback to 70’s
martial artist but still take place in modern day
Always like the heroes for hire idea. It takes me back to
the A-Team. It is good for a comic because you get different clients each time.
Here it involves 3 heroes. There are, white male, a female and black male. There race worth mentioning because it seems
to have a MOD SQUAD type vibe...fro and all. While the girl wears high boots
and dress like a sexy limo driver. The two males are long time friends who
trained together and who fathers were martial artist. One thing I like is they
didn’t kill the parents like most super hero origins. Well at least, not at the
start. So it no Simba...or Bambi mom scene at the start. This gives a good old
school vs. new culture clash because the parents don’t like the way the kids
show off a bit. While the younger crew figure it about business. We don’t know
yet which is wrong since I am only 1 issue end, but something tells me the show
boating will get them in trouble. You have to suspend some disbelief that they
would be allowed to go on. One scene involves a sex trade where they opening...well
sex trading. Instead of just sending the FBI, CIA, or you know arresting them
the SECOND they leave the building they send the martial arts crew in. Also
they allow someone getting a head shot on national television. As bad as 24
hours news have gotten it hasn’t reach faces of Deaths level yet. But they establish
in this world this is par for course where you can accept it. It even at the
point they have completion with rival heroes for hire groups. That a neat idea
I hope they explore. Also it shows not everyone cool with how they do business.
The arts pretty sweet with a nice dark pencil style. The clothes people where
is a nice throw back that I expect people to whip out a bottle of colt 45 at
any second. It’s a fun read with some nice action scenes. The action scenes are
fluid and shows motion well. The character
isn’t super deep but the passable enough to get you through the action story. All
it all a very good read B
