Z-View: The Expendables #2 by Dixon and Polls

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The Expendables #2 is part of a four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite Comics.

Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Esteve Polls
Colorist: Marc Rueda
Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo

After years of corruption, murder of American hostages, and betrayal of foreign policies, the US – with the help of other Nations who secretly put together a squad of their most highly trained military personal – will finally attempt to overthrow the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.
This is the story before the movie…

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good

  • The Expendables in a comic prequel.
  • A one million dollar payday for a snatch and grab.
  • “Embracing the gloom again, huh?”

The Bad:

  • It is starting to bug me that the comic characters don’t look more like the movie characters.  Toll Road has long hair, a mustache and no cauliflower ears.  Hale Caesar doesn’t look much bigger than everyone else… and so on.
  • Being a kid in the store when your dad won’t give a drug dealer requested information.
  • Repeatedly calling Gunar “Tweaker” and everyone complaining about how terrible he screws things up and yet they keep bringing him back.

The Ugly:

  • When a drug dealer warms up your bath.

 

The Expendables #2  would get a two star rating if I wasn’t such a Stallone/Expendables fan, but since I am…

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