Brubaker opens the issue with some terrible adjective use, so I started out ready to nitpick. Of course, he didn’t have to prove me right… but he went ahead and did so anyway. I really loathe these types of reviews, because I really do love Brubaker’s work. It’s just… fallen off since he’s gotten to Marvel. Swan dived, actually.
Oh, before I get the complaints–great art from Phillips. It’s always great art from Phillips, but this issue he really gets to do a lot.
All right, the laundry list.
It’s just too contrived. Brubaker expects the reader to make a significant time and money investment and he’s not providing anything in return.
Brubaker further establishes Tracy as a hero (he cares for hookers and the disenfranchised).
Finally, Brubaker makes the killers Tracy’s hunting kids–and the only way to redeem the series is for Tracy to kill them all.
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