{"id":12103,"date":"2015-03-09T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=12103"},"modified":"2020-08-11T18:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T22:43:51","slug":"z-view-the-expendables-3-by-dixon-and-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=12103","title":{"rendered":"Z-View: The Expendables #3 by Dixon and Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z030915zview_expendables3_cov.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Expendables #3 <\/strong> <span style=\"font-family: arial;\">is part of a four-issue mini-series published by<strong> Dynamite Comics<\/strong>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Writer: Chuck Dixon<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt>Artist: Esteve Polls<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt>Colorist: Marc Rueda<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt>Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"intelliTXT\">After years of corruption, murder of American hostages, and betrayal of foreign policies, the US &#8211; with the help of other Nations who secretly put together a squad of their most highly trained military personal &#8211; will finally attempt to overthrow the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.<br \/>\nThis is the story before the movie&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z030915zview_expendables3_panel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\"><\/p>\n<p>*** Beware \u2013 spoilers may be found below ***<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>The Expendables<\/strong><\/em> in a comic prequel.<\/li>\n<li>Tool giving a car thief directions off of his property with buckshot.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The art for the series hasn&#8217;t been a bright spot but I really like the first panel on page 22.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tool with a shotgun and flamethrower going to meet those breaking into his house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is still bugs me that the comic characters don&#8217;t look more like the movie characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Ugly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Attacking a battleship with three men&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Expendables #3 <\/strong>would get a two star rating if I wasn&#8217;t such a<strong> Stallone\/Expendables<\/strong> fan, but since I am&#8230;<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Expendables #3 is part of a four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite Comics. 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