Written: Scott ChitwoodArt: Randy Kintz
Colors: Garry Henderson
Letters: Troy Peteri
Publication Date: 2010-04-14
Format: Comic, Full Color, 6.5 x 10, Soft Cover, 32 pages
Price: $3.50
Diamond Code: DEC090977
UPC: 811316010542
The publisher Red 5 concludes it’s mini series Drone with this issue, in which Chinese assassins are closing in on the American hackers, so their across-the-globe rescue of Cat and the hostages goes mobile. Meanwhile, the rebels attack with a drone army of their own.
How the book starts is how it ends pretty much; Solid writing along with some really mediocre art at best.
David and his friends, who have stumbled into some serious poo by hacking into some military exercise involving some new drones that will eventually take the place of soldiers It inevitably went awry, but now our hero has stepped in to save the day and maybe get the girl (because there inevitably is one)?
Well, I kept reading because I enjoyed the story. And while I did, there were some flaws I couldn’t overlook. I won’t specifically tell you because that would be spoiling, but there was a key plot point that happened off panel. While it wouldn’t have been so bad normally, I felt it hurt the flow of the book itself. But on the bright side, it ends really well, as our man finds closure but all is not entirely well, and it leaves itself open for a follow-up somewhere down the line.
But if I can be so bold, I hope there is an uptick in the art department. It’s better than the last issue and it’s a lot cleaner in places, but it’s still not up the par that should be doing an action oriented title like this. The action scenes are muddled and the body types don’t exactly make a lot of sense either, but Kintz does some solid facial features and I know from experience that those can be really difficult to get right.
Finally, if you can look past the art, which befuddles me to no end, you should at least check it out, especially if you like some spy vs. spy intrigue mixed up with some pretty good comedy.
Final Verdict: 6.5 – Browse
