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Old 08-04-2018, 12:03 AM   #27384
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I’m getting back to some series I last visited about five years ago.

On the prose front, I’m about a quarter of the way through Kevin J. Anderson’s second “Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.” novel, Unnatural Acts. Yes, I know KJA has a reputation as a hack in some circles, but I’m reading it for fun, not as high art - and it works for me on that level.

Thanks to a sale, I picked up the four (!) graphic novels I didn’t yet have in Adam Warren’s Empowered series: volumes 8-10 of the main line, plus an offshoot collection. The series continues to get deeper and more serious than what one would expect from the first book*, and for me that’s a very good thing. I’ve just started volume nine, and the story has been getting into big questions about the price of power and the dark side of superheroism. My one complaint is a small one: Emp’s supersuit used to start out pristine and get tattered over the course of a fight, but now it’s always ripped... even when there’s no apparent reason. Given that the suit has been established as regenerating over time (read: between stories), seeing her start the day in a torn suit irritates me a little.

* Book One is a collection of commissioned “heroine in bondage” vignettes. The artist preferred doing coherent stories over pinups, and over time, he built the world and heroine up enough to start telling solid stories about her. She remains lovably goofy at heart, but the stakes get higher and we get to see her mature in how she deals with them. So, be aware of that shift in tone.
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