![]() ![]() There’s nothing better than a great exploration of crazy and a righteous human being doing morally questionable (to put it mildly) actions. ![]() For those of you who haven’t picked up the first collection, at the $9.99 price point you owe it to yourself to get caught up. ![]() Kill Or Be Killed has been a pulpy romp, character-driven serial thriller, and a deconstruction of vigilantism. Which makes all the sense considering the reverence this team shows for classic pulp stories. And it also calls back to classic crime stories like Jim Thomspson’s The Killer Inside Me. Or is he a victim of supernatural circumstances beyond his understanding? An unreliable protagonist who is breaking bad harkens back to some recent masterpieces (get the hint?). One of the great pleasures of this book has been seeing these bloody events transpire through the eyes of a psychopath. ![]() Brubaker and Phillips’ lone punisher of evildoers is now having to evolve or get caught…or shot. There’s nothing fun about an endgame where you end up in jail or dead, especially if you believe you’re helping the greater good. Killing and learning how to be good at killing are two different things. A vigilante “hero” goes deeper into the darkness of his own mind and his own needs. With an unreliable narrator and an increasing body count, this is one of their most ambitious stories yet. Kill Or Be Killed is the latest from the superstar crime creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. ![]()
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