This issue reverses the usual trend. Oh, Billy the Kid is still pretty strong—Hotz’s artwork is magnificent—and Buzzard still has some rough, unfinished art from Powell, but the writing’s actually stronger on Buzzard here. Powell moves fast through the Buzzard story, only really pausing when it gets to the big showdown. But he turns around…

Oh, good grief, does the imagery have to be so gross? Powell gets through the Buzzard story with cannibalism (sort of dead), lots of dead and decapitated, but Hotz is able to out-gross him in just one panel in the Billy the Kid backup. Powell’s actually really lazy in the feature. I think only a…

I’d like to say Buzzard is bad, because so much of the issue is a waste of time, but I can’t make that statement. Oh, sure, most of the Buzzard story is a waste of time. It’s like Powell had a bunch of sketches he finished and tied them together with a loose narration—he skips…