Review of
Kill or Be Killed, number 6
comic by Ed Brubaker et. al.
Five out of five stars
The basic
premise of a college student (Dylan) that is also a superb killer as well as a
user of mild drugs is an intriguing one. His signature killing weapon is a .38,
but in the opening scene he has a shortened shotgun and is fending off two police
officers. Rather than killing them, he blasts the door and claims to have a
bomb. This buys him the time to escape out the back window, quickly drop the
red bandana from his face and hail a taxi. Yet, the hint is dropped that his
mode of escape will create a problem in the future.
Focus then shifts
to a female police officer that is obsessing over the string of murders where
really bad men are being killed. She brings her beliefs to the men above her in
the hierarchy, but they tell her to get over herself and to stick to the cases
to which she had been assigned. Not to be denied, she drops a leak to a
reporter to generate publicity and possibly a break.
After his most
recent murder, Dylan does what male college students often do when stressed,
they call a lady friend that will hopefully be accommodating. After his lengthy
tryst, he reads the story about the murders and possible vigilante killer in
the New York Daily News. The segue into the next issue is the captions where
others are reading the same story.
The story is
great, the two threads of the killer and the police officer stalking him are
both well developed. A complex cliffhanger involving many different people with
different agendas is set up, creating an anticipatory set for the next issue.
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