About Heroes

Author: Gregg Hurwitz
Artist: Lan Medina
Colors: Andy Troy
Cover: Lan Medina & Matt Milla

It seems like if you were a fan of comics in the 90's right now you would be feeling really nostalgic with the return of New Warriors, Terror, and now Foolkiller. If memory serves me correctly and it usually does when it comes to comics. Actually that is about all my memory is good for anymore. This incarnation of The Foolkiller will be numero 4. I remember one being a Spider-man villain, one scarring his own face, and one that dressed up like Zorro without a hat. Funny enough the Zorro looking one is brought up in this issue.

If you are expecting an origins issue from the first chapter you are in for a surprise. Instead we are told the story through the eyes of a looser enforcer, Nate. He has an obsession with finding the vigilante after he gets his wife and little girl killed. He keeps getting his information from people that have seen the vigilante. This new incarnation of Foolkiller seems to have nothing to do with the previous name-bearers. What we get in the first issue is that there is a new vigilante out on the streets getting rid of, yeah you guessed it fools. In really grim death scenes, it seems they are really using that mature label, even with the lack of sex. It never really shows the Foolkiller killing anyone, just the aftermath of his work. By then end of the book Nate does come face to face with FK and his big, black, and meanass looking dog!

I really don't know where I stand with this book. I find the main character to be really annoying and I feel no sympathy for him. He practically handed his family over to the bad guys and they were killed because he decided to steal $40,000. The new Foolkiller himself doesn't really stand out as a great character, hell he seems like the Punisher, but with a few more extreme ways of handling stuff. I wouldn't even compare him to the Punisher, more like Solo. The story really doesn't stand out in any unique way; I could get this kind of story from any Steven Segal or other vengeance movies from the early 90s. The art is very fitting of the tone and feel that I got from the book. Now, I don't know where I stand because I really enjoyed his art, it made the book move so smooth; He really is the saving grace of this book for me. His facial expressions are done with fantastic detail. The story moves like a movie due to his fantastic angles and backgrounds. This is not a book for me, but I can see other people enjoying it more than I did. So if you’re into Fuck yeah action, horrible protagonists, gang raping, and guys breaking little girls' necks....this might be up your alley. D+