You'll probably be wondering who some of these characters are or what their deal is, but to be honest its not that deep that you can't infer by plugging in some basic comic archetypes. As a new reader, there isn't a ton to hook your teeth into except Fiffe's command of layouts, storytelling, and dialog. Deadlock was a member of The Four and eventually joined Bloodstrike. So really, it's hard to judge it too harshly on those aspects. All portions of the Grand Comics Database, except where noted otherwise. Created out of Project: Born Again, Bloodstrike consists of Fourplay, giantess with four arms of terror, Deadlock, psychotic ex-member of the nefarious Four.
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But again, this series is an unashamed love letter to particular time period of a particular kind of comic. Deadlock Tokuma Shoten, 2012 Series Published in Japanese (Japan). The rest of the cast is at least somewhat interesting in personality and design. Its unfortunate that this issue uses his experience in becoming a Bloodstrike member as it's story through-line. Deadlock is a terribly designed character, looks unabashedly like Marvel's Wolverine (sans claws), even prone to that character's 'berserker' tendencies. Unfortunately by being so closely tied to the Liefeld original, Liefeld's weaknesses can't also help shine through. Establishing this 'suicide squad' of killers who if they die are just put back together again and sent back out for their next deadly mission, via a government backed cyborg resurrection program. Dc Comics Heroes, Dc Comics Characters, Comic Heroes, Character Design. This is useful as it gives Fiffe a chance to establish these characters for new readers like me. Deadlock Image Comics, Villians, Deadpool, Joker, Batman, Superhero, Gallery. One, Fiffe explains in the back matter, that the series never actually had. This zero issue in particular acts as an origin story of sorts. Bloodstrike Brutalists is very clearly one man's pet project, to fill in a missing gap of an incomplete series, while also using the opportunity to resolve a few dangling threads. Bloodwulf, Fourplay II, Deadlock II, Tag II, Shogun II, Operative Alpha, Blackstrike. The guy i s overflowing with creative energy, and he wears what he loves on his sleeve. And his layouts and lettering are easily some of the best in the business. Fiffe's art is always a treat with its expressive lines, and marker style coloring. Fiffe's Copra is amazing, being both a love letter to 80s DC & Marvel and very much its own take on the modern team super book. Much like how I got into Brandon Graham's Prophet, Erik Larsen's Supreme, and Joe Keatinge's Glory several years ago. I bought this issue, and plan to buy the next two, based on Michel Fiffe's name alone.
I hear he's generally a great guy, he's contribution to the indie comic revolution can't be understated, and I hear regardless of everything else, he's a workhorse. First a note, I don't like Rob Liefeld's comic work.
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