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Guys, you really scored with this one.

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Picked this up today. Did not disappoint. Cool concept. Art suits the tone of the book. I like the fact that Markum is looking for redemption and to do good but is still a little bit of a bad person and badass. He's mostly just selfishly trying to save himself but he's going to do good while he's at it. Strong first issue.

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incredible issue. It has really great pacing and suspense. I loved it. can't wait for #2. Great job Faerber! and the artist is top notch and perfect for this series.

i'll stick with the book to see where the series goes for now...

Hey, Jay- would it be safe to say that there could be potential for Dodge to make a cameo- it is seattle...

Stranger things have happened.

~ Jay

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!

My only complaint about this ish is it threw in characters too quickly, and without enough background info. I'd really like to know why Markham is a hitman. Why is Sutton so supportive of him? Doesn't she feel conflicted being a doctor who saves a hitman?

Did Markham really kill those dozens of people?

I'd really like to go into more detail of Markham's dream that turned him around. I just felt there should be more depth into his conversion from a hitman to a savior. He's kinda like St. Paul who went from a Christian hating Orthodox Jew to one of the most zealous followers of Christianity after his conversion.

Otherwise, I like the story. Markham seems to have let his job detach himself from humanity, which is why he has a difficult time feeling anything for that woman he saved. Maybe being a savior is just like a job to him, like being a hitman was. Perhaps Sutton's intrigued by him in a bad boy kind of way. Who knows? I'll be reading more to figure this out.

I got two crime recommendations. Nonfiction: Tokyo Vice, about an American journalist working for the biggest newspaper in Japan (one of the few foreigners to ever work for a Japanese newspaper). He covers crime in Japan: this includes a married man who tells his wife his works for a big company, but is secretly unemployed, and spends his days as a pickpocket, sometimes making thousands of dollars in one day; to middle-aged date rapists who prey on foreign sex slaves; to the Yakuza, who chainsaw their victims in half. It also features insight to the quirky life of a foreigner living in Japan.

Fiction: Death of a Citizen by Donald Hamilton. This is the first book in the Matt Helm series, which is seriously underrated.