Punisher- 6 Hours to Kill

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Quick reviewof the last Punisher MAX storyline.  I tend to wait until an entire arc is completed before I read it.

Its hard living up to the standard of Garth Ennis when it comes to writing ultra-violent comics, like Preacher (best comic ever published) and his 50 or so issues of Punisher.

I’ll admit, when the story first started, I though it had potential.  Don’t get me wrong, it was an enjoyable read.  Quick, like I like when it comes to Punisher, not bogged down by too much dialogue, though in this situation, a little more dialogue may have helped to flesh out the story a little bit.  I won’t say that i was confused, but the entire story was just glossed over a little too much.  Several times I had to go back a couple of pages to figure out what exactly what was happening and with which characters. And the characters themselves weren’t three dimensional.  The bad guys simply did not have enough meat on them.  So much more could have been done, especially with the sociopathic bodyguard who was a POW in ’Nam.  And sometimes, the characters did things that I felt were out if character, even considering how little we knew about them.  A lot of potential was wasted.  The story was called 6 hours to kill.  Couldn’t it have been at least 6 six issues, like most story arcs, giving the writer a little more time to expand on characters and events?

The art… the art was okay, nothing special but not poor.  Some of the male characters were hard to tell apart, but I won’t fault the artist for that.  The return of the last artist, I believe, coems next month with the Bayou arc.

I liked the last arc better- its always easier when the story doesn’t try to take a half a dozen convoluted turns and twists.

But, despite it all, it wasn’t a horrible read, as long as your expectations aren’t too high

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