Comics! Fatale #3

Fatale #3

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

The Solicitation
What will Detective Walt Booker sacrifice, to what gods? And is he looking for redemption or revenge? In part three of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS' new horror/noir masterpiece, the threads of the first arc twist together... into a noose around the neck of a corrupt cop in late '50s San Francisco.

Preview

The Story
So Josephine seems to be able to control men, and they begin to do some nasty things, and think some nasty thoughts. Nice touch.

It is hard to get too much into the story, because some of it you can't talk about without spoiling things. There are a couple of things that do through me off, like why Nicolas was able to have a leg put on and he can start walking right away so soon after his accident.

Seems that everyone wants a piece of the book that Nicolas has in his possession. Makes me wonder if the book publisher isn't someone that we have to be concerned about as a threat later on.

This issue was ultimately one that drew me in and makes me want to keep up with the series. Maybe Brubaker has a touch the way that Josephine does, but its working on me.

The Art
Sean Phillips, awesome as always. Dark when it needs to be, lighted up when it needs to be that way, too. I'm telling you, there is so much that he does within the panels that it just works.

The Cover
Nice cover, but I can't figure out who the person is supposed to be. Which character is it?

Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 10/10
Recommend: This would be the issue that either makes you or breaks you if you were wanting to give it a three issue trial.
Buy Next Issue: It makes me. I'm hooked.

Previous Issues
Fatale #2
Fatale #1