- At the end of last issue, a big robot with two brains bashed it's way
into a high tech laboratory, and from there we continue. The robot Max
gives us his side of the story which tells us the essentials of last
issue to catch us up to speed. At the same time, it gives us answers that
readers would have been asking last issue. It's not often you see a 'get
up to speed' recap done so well, it doesn't feel like a chore to read.
Points to JE Smith here for doing it this way. The rest of the story is
a fun battle between the robot Max, child genius Fidge Dextro, adult
genius Dr. Martin (Ira) Handsome and a Cop named Bulldog Malone. This is not
your typical comic book fight scene. It's humorous and spaced out, not the do
or die type found in most comics. The only problem I have with the story so
far is I think I guessed our mystery villain.
- JE Smiths art is nice to look at. His lines are solid, he can draw
details and wide open cartooney art equally well and does so here and
there within the book. He generally uses big panels and makes the layout
and reading very easy to follow. There are also some added gags within
the art that have nothing to do with the story, things drawn on walls and so
forth. Like last issue, I give this a 4 out of 5 star rating. I recommend
people give Complex City #1 and #2 a read, it's worth the money. This
issue hit the shelves on December 27th, if your retailer ordered some they might
still be on the shelves, and if not, they are still in print and easy to
reorder.
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