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swamps to meet up with the Costa Verdean resistance. It’s all going on here! ‘El Cascador,’ the figurehead of revolution, is needed to restore justice to this tropical nation and whether he likes it or not XIII is being cast in that part. With betrayal and dirty politics muddying the waters he’ll be lucky to survive, let alone escape the country to pursue his own agenda. The character work is solid in the hands of both writer and artist. The difficulty with this kind of story is the swift turnaround of guest characters, each needing to be given a sense of personality without a vast explanatory backstory. For the most part they do a grand job (crazy priest guy being a particular stand out for me) but when half the people are keeping secrets from the other half and the main character doesn’t know who he is, it can be pretty trickly to portray fully-rounded people. The twists and turns keep the old grey matter humming along as the story shifts gear from POW to revolution to courtroom saga, and the personal revelations at the end will have a solid impact on readers who have been tangled up in the journey since Volume 1. I could go on forever about plot intricacies and cinematic set pieces but I don’t want to waste any more of your time. You need to buy these books and read them as soon as humanly possible. I am certainly eager to return to the beginning and catch up to date. I strongly suggest you all join me - that is if you’re not one of those people stamping their feet and shouting at me for being so slow to the party. Rating:
Dion Winton-Polak
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