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Comic Review

Out There #10

Writer: Brian Augustyn

Penciler: Humberto Ramos

Inker: Sandra Hope

Colors: Studio F

Man, in my opinion, Out There is one of the best comics out there. The great combo of Ramos's art and Augustyn's writing is unbeatable. The other comic these two teamed up to do was Crimson, which was fantastic. Anyway, on to the issue. In #9, Mark got nabbed by some crazy guy who had lost his wife and child in a car crash that he blames himself for. Mark looks like his son, so he kidnaps him and drive away. In this issue, Mark manages to persuade the guy to stop acting like a nut, but the ghost of his wife comes and tells him that the only way to redeem himself is to commit suicide. But all works out well, when the ghost of his son come and tells him that he doesn't need to do it. It's a little loose ended because I'm not exactly sure where the son's ghost came from. The mean old wife ghost just suddenly turned into the son for no reason. What the... but that's okay since the rest of the issue was great. It cool cuz you got to see a new way of using Cassie's powers. Last time she used them to heal Mark from a gunshot wound and this time, she used them to calm a gangster down. What exactly her powers are, I dunno, but they're pretty neat anyway. You also get to see Zach's new power. Last time he just blew up a bunch of crazy demons, but this time you see he's kind of like Spider-man! He's got super strength and agility. They still don't know how to use them, though. They just kick in when there's danger. All in all, this issue was awesome and would have gotten a 10 if that whole thing with the son's ghost was cleared up.

Rating: 9.5/10

Comic Review

'Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Part 7'

(aka Gotham Knights #28)

Writer: Devin Grayson

Penciler: Roger Robinson

Inker: John Flyd

Color: Gloria Vasquez

This is part 7 of the Bruce Wayne: Fugitive cross-over event. If case you're not up to date, Bruce Wayne has been accused of murdering Vesper Fairchild. He was arrested and that was the Bruce Wayne: Murderer? cross-over. That ended and Fugitive began when Wayne decided to break out of jail and become Batman 24/7. All in all, the Murderer books were really good and well written and the Fugitive ones started out okay, but are starting to get a little weak. Some barely even mention the murder case with Wayne, so why even bother putting it in the cross-over? Anyway, this book is part one of a two part series called 'Anti-Hero.' It's got some Chinese gangs trying to kill each other because one supposedly offed another gang's homie. Anyway, somehow, all this mixes up with some freaky coroner guy who seems to be able to bring back dead dudes. Oh yea, the little two page part with Robin investigating the security tapes of Wayne Manor is in here too. He finds out that someone tampered with one of the cameras and froze it. Wala! Some new evidence to go on. But overall, this story was kind of weak, as Batman doesn't really do much except bust a few heads and stuff like that. I'm not even sure why the Chinese gangs were in this issue cuz it seems like the coroner guy is the main villain dude. Oh well, hopefully more will be cleared up later. And why does the B-man even want to find this fugitive gangster? Bats should have just kicked everyone's butt and arrested them. But instead he goes looking for this gangster who supposedly killed another triad member. Well, all in all, this one is okay. The art is pretty dope sauce, as usual for the GK books, but I wish they'd do more with the crossover event like they did with Murderer. The last Batgirl book was an example of a pretty neat tie-in.

Rating: 7/10