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Mark Bertolini and James Boulton’s Breakneck is a superhero story told from the super villain’s point of view. It follows “the world’s crappiest supervillain,” Ethan Shade, as he’s pursued by every superhero in the world. And now it's up on Zoop for crowdfunding.

The Argus #4 preview. Time is angry, and the temporal organization called The Argus will pay the price – specifically young Randall Patton, the genius who invented time travel! #comics #comicbooks

THE ARGUS #4

Writer(s): Mark Bertolini Artist Name(s): Darryl Knickrehm (Art, Colors) Cover Artist(s): Darryl Knickrehm 32 pgs./ T+ / FC $2.99 Digital-First

Time is angry, and the temporal organization called The Argus will pay the price – specifically young Randall Patton, the genius who invented time travel! As Randall learns the true reason behind Time’s hatred of mankind, he will be forced…

The Argus #3 preview. Young Randall Patton, the boy genius behind time travel, has just initiated a full reset – sending him back to the beginning of the whole ordeal. #comics #comicbooks #digitalcomics

THE ARGUS #3

Writer(s): Mark Bertolini Artist Name(s): Darryl Knickrehm (Art, Colors) Cover Artist(s): Darryl Knickrehm 32 pgs./ T+ / FC $2.99 Digital-First

Young Randall Patton, the boy genius behind time travel, has just initiated a full reset – sending him back to the beginning of the whole ordeal. Can he stop the monstrous Killer Patton before he suffers from the accident that created him?…

The Argus #2 preview. Will Randall learn how to defend himself from those who want his head? And just who is the real enemy here anyway? #comics #comicbooks #digitalcomics

THE ARGUS #2

Writer(s): Mark Bertolini Artist Name(s): Darryl Knickrehm (Art, Colors) Cover Artist(s): Darryl Knickrehm 33 pgs./ T+ / FC $2.99 Digital-First

The inexperienced young Randall Patton is put through the wringer by the older versions of himself in order to toughen him up to go after the murderous Killer Patton, who is warping other versions of Randall to his evil ways! Will Randall…

The Argus #1 Advance Review Action Lab Danger Zone 2020 On Sale March 4th 2020 Created & Written by Mark Bertolini Created & Illustrated by Darryl Knickrehm     Time travel is real! Scientific prodigy Randall Patton has had a breakthrough that allows travel through the time-stream, which immediately led to the creation of The Argus, the temporal law enforcement organization that polices the time/space continuum. After an accident renders one of the members of The Argus insane, he begins killing off the others – except they are all versions of Randall Patton from various points in his own life! Who can stop Randall but himself?     I love what I do, I really do. Ironically Mark contacted me and asked if I would do a review for this book, which was already on my radar since I work with Action Lab. So the concept is pretty clear and as the book moves forward we see the pitfalls and consequences of what time travel can do even under the most auspicious of circumstances. I will say though that Future Man is a tad better. There is something Mark manages to do here that I think is extremely unique when it comes to storytelling and that is make us like and hate the same person.     The way that this is being told is really rather interesting. The story & plot development we see as the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is being told in a way that is incredibly easy to understand. I am serious while our young Randall may not quite understand that he's being told but the reader doesn't have the same problem. The character development we see here is phenomenal and I really am enjoying the way that the characters behave so differently from one another based upon life experience. The pacing we see is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way helps create a really good, interesting and complex ebb & flow to the story.     There are things to take away from this already but I am more interested in seeing how many of you find the same things as I have in this story. Through the layering and the different individuals arcs that are introduced we see a very unique dilemma happening. I am not a fan of one character here and I would also be interested to see if anyone is not a fan of this particular one as well. On the flip side there's one I am totally wanting to see delved into further and I am hoping that we get that chance.     Darryl's work looked familiar and it turns out that The Immortal was illustrated by him as well. His linework is utterly fabulous and the way he is able to utilised the varying weights to bring us this quality and level of attention to detail is what makes him so gosh darn good. While what we see makes the young Randall look like a lady throughout it kind of goes with how we see that character behaving and I am all for it. That splash page we see with what seems more like pencils than anything else is completely amazing! The backgrounds we see are a mixed bag as he clearly understands how utilise them though we don't see them enough. Still we have some interesting looks at depth perception, scale and that overall sense of size and scope to the story as we see within the composition in the panels. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a masterful eye for storytelling. I am also a fan of the muted palate of colour that we see here. This makes it harder in my humble opinion to work with and yet the way we see the hues and tones within the colours creating the shading, highlights and shadow work all the more impressive. ​     Y'all have time to order this and you really do need to. Action Lab Danger Zone has some of the best story's hitting stands and come March you'll understand why. Mark has crafted one of the most complex, layered and thrilling books that I have seen and it's an understatement to say it has me gobsmacked. It doesn't hurt that the interiors are mindbogglingly good either.

Bastard's Waltz is a story you will not soon forget and will have you flipping through it again to see what you may have missed reading the first time #comics

When you hear the names Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson in a movie, you know you will be entertained.  I have been a fan of Samuel L Jackson, since he acted in those Spike Lee movies going back to School Daze. Since then, many of his movies have been hit or miss, but I can definitely say his turn a Mace Windu In Star Wars Episodes I-III, is probably one of the better acted roles in the series,…

Aetna To Pass Discounts It Gets From Drug Companies Directly To Consumers

CNN Paper: Health insurer Aetna will begin passing discounts it gets on prescription drugs directly to some consumers at the point of sale, the company announced Tuesday.

Drug manufacturers often give insurance companies discounts on prescription drugs, but insurers have faced scrutiny over whether they’re passing these savings on to patients.

Beginning in 2019, though, Aetna will automatically…