About Heroes

Publisher: Vertigo
Written by Rick Veitch
Art and Cover by Veitch and Gary Erskine

This book delivers exactly what it promises: War and Sex. War is the setting, the Iraq War of course, and sex is thrown in clearly in one place and then give or take once or twice more. It’s a pretty solid read because it feels like I’ve been poked in the ass with a rifle all the way through recruitment and past basic training. The sex part is pretty hot, however some of the faces can start to look fairly distorted, like a fun house mirror, which sucks because the cover is hot! For me personally this book had a very Heavy Metal feel to it, which is not a bad thing, merely an observation.

I was also “pleasantly surprised” that there is more than just body parts getting blown off and men and women getting off. There is a clear underlining story to the main story that also includes a back-story. So there is plenty this book has to offer. I have to see that by about page 18 or 19 I found the dialogue (while very well written) began to be too heavy and I lost interest. I started to skip through some of the panels and then got to something that sparked interest back into me. Other than that little hiccup and the goofy faces I’d say this book earned a B+. Oh and by the way though this is a comment on current political affairs the book covers its ass, so don’t go and google Afbaghistan, you wont find anything…for a little while.