Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Fear Agent #32
Dark Horse Comics
Remender, Hawthorne, Moore, Lucas & Loughridge

Fear Agent wraps up with an excellent story. As the recap page states, "If you haven't read the book up to this point, you shouldn't read this issue" and its true. Not just because the plot won't make a whole lot of sense but the magic of the issue is that Remender ties up the entire run by bringing the reader back to some of the scenes that started the Fear Agent on his journey. The narrative is probably the most powerful one yet from Samuul Clemens, whom is quoted by Heath throughout the series. It's an amazing book and a perfect ending for it.

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Fear Agent #30 (Out of Step #3 of 5)
Dark Horse Comics
Remender, Hawthorne, Moore, Lucas & Loughridge

As Fear Agent winds down to its final issue we are told everything in issue #30. You see, all along Remender has had Heath Huston on adventures here and there with the common theme of anger, drunkenness, revenge, luck and, lately, death of everyone he knows. Well, we come to find out that it's all connected. Every last little morsel that has happened to Heath in the past twenty-nine issues has been related. There's a key villain at work here and Heath is finally told and boy is he pissed. While the issue itself is mostly a series of flashbacks with explanations wrapped around them, the brilliance is the architecture of this long underlining plot. I loved it, but I could see it losing some folks along the way.

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Fear Agent #29 - Out of Step #2 of 5
Dark Horse Comics
Remender, Hawthorne, Moore, Lucas & Loughridge

This issue of Fear Agent doesn't fail to push the envelope further than ever before in this series. Prior to this issue you probably thought you had seen it all with what could possibly happen to Heath Huston. Well, you would be wrong. This issue takes his impossible situation and makes worse. I enjoyed this issue probably as much as any other issue in the series. It's that good. I'm not sure someone coming fresh into the series with this arc would fully absorb what's going on but they probably would still find the issue to be pretty darn good.

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Fear Agent #28 – Out of Sight #1 of 5
Dark Horse Comics
Remender, Hawthorne, Moore, Lucas & Loughridge

Heath Huston is back with this issue after a long layoff for his final arc in the stellar science fiction series. This issue doesn't just serve as the reintroduction of the character and the complex plot. It manages to take everything that came before and up the ante in more ways than one. Remender doesn't hold anything back in making this comic a joyride of emotions and surprises. This is an excellent comic.

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THE VE GUYS SAY: We continue the episode so epic it had to be split into 2 episodes!
The oversized episode continues with reviews of: Anna Mercury #2, Captain America #38 &39, Wolverine #66, Fear Agent #21, The Goon #25, Skaar Son of Hulk #1, Monster Zoo Graphic Novel and Nick examines the Batman Black and White: Frank Miller statue.

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THE VE GUYS SAY: Iron Man! It's a special Iron Man themed episode, featuring a group discussion/review of the new movie, a look at Invincible Iron Man #1 and last year's Iron Man Bust 3 Pack from Bowen Designs.

Reviews include: Ultimate Human #4, Crawlspace: XXXombies #4, Gemini #1, Fear Agent #20 and Mighty Avengers #12.
Plus Nick heaps mounds of praise on the amazing conclusion to Elephantmen War Toys #3.

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