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The Review:
COMIC REVIEW - No More Heroes #003
the masked psychotic Jack Slaughter. by robbing the “Super Bank”, and Black Fury has no choice but to help, hoping a successful robbery will lead them closer to Jack Slaughter. Sid gets his meeting with Jack and Black Fury takes him down. Jack Slaughter is unmasked and we’re left hanging, knowing only the disbelief on the part of Black Fury and Sid. I read the three issues of No More Heroes all in one sitting and was left just absolutely wanting the resolution as soon as I finished issue three. As a whole, Gordon Mclean does a wonderful job with the storytelling and scripting. Any and all flashbacks, such as the one that occurs here in issue three only add to the story and don’t confuse or muddle anything. The dialogue may honestly be my favorite part of it all. It just seems to flow like real conversation. This may not seem like much of an achievement when you just say it like that, but far too many comics have dialogue that seems forced or dialogue that you can tell was only said that way because it sounded “cool”. Mclean makes his characters seem genuine and makes them talk genuinely. You get such a good sense of who each character really is through their dialogue and actions, which is a great thing. Ciao Oliveira does great things with the art. The art style fits the tone of the story very well, and his characters are very expressive, making sure you know exactly how the characters feel just by looking at their face. The body language is also spot on. Art is obviously supposed to convey the
If you’re anything like me, a week or so ago you had no idea who Gordon Mclean was or what the comic No More Heroes was about. If you’re anything like me, change that aspect very quickly. I promise you that you won’t regret it. A hero dies and his sidekick seeks revenge against those who killed him. Seems like pretty typical fare, right? Well, what if the hero killed himself? What if the reason he killed himself was a “yes” reply from a random number? What if it seems his nemesis may somehow be involved despite it all? With No More Heroes we’re left to answer these questions. The hero Dark Justice is found dead. Suicide seems to be the cause. The night before, a phone is his possession sent out a message with the simple question, “Should I kill myself?” to a random number, that of a drunken twenty-something. Seeing this as nothing more than a joke, he replies “yes”. The thing is, the phone that sent the message to Sid was registered to Dark Justice’s nemesis Jack Slaughter. Not willing to admit that Dark Justice would take his own life, his sidekick, Black Fury, seeks out Sid, Jack Slaughter, and answers. Issue 3 starts with exploding elephants and continues with Sid and Black Fury getting closer and closer to Jack Slaughter. Sid and the B-list villain Pieces seek to pay off Pieces’ debt to Jack Slaughter
Writer: Gordon McLean Artist: Caio Oliveira Colourist: Staz Leonov Letterer: Kel Nuttal Publisher: No More Heores Site
The Blurb:
Sid Millar has accidentally killed the world’s greatest hero. Now he needs to find out why. When a drunken Sid Millar receives an anonymous text message asking “Should I kill myself?” his equally inebriated friends goad him into replying: “Yes”. The next day the world is shocked to discover the superhero Dark Justice has committed suicide. A guilt-ridden Sid is press ganged by Black Fury (Dark Justice’s sidekick) into uncovering the truth behind the death. He’s forced to go ever deeper into the super-criminal underworld on a collision course with the last person to see Dark Justice alive:
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