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Body Bags Volume 1: Fathers Day

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Jason Pearson's sleep hit miniseries from the mid 90's sees print in tpb form once again thanks to new studio 12 Gauge and Image Comics! Originally published by Dark Horse as this Body Bags: Fathers Day the four issue miniseries follows Mack and his best friend and partner Pops in hunting down a rival "Body Bagger" who has tried to kill both of them and did almost kill Pops but did manage to kill Pop's fiance.

To complicate things is the arrival of Mack's long lost daughter who not only wants to reunite with her dad but also wants to join him in the body bag business, what follows over the course of four issues is a nice romp of a buddy movie turned up to eleven. It has action, comedy and heart that alot of comics just didn't have during the great 90's boom( this originally came out right at the start of the comics crash of the 90's ).

What this edition has over the out of print Dark Horse version is the inclusion of the full image that was half used as the cover of the Dark Horse version as well as the pencils for some of the pages from diffrent issues plus a pin up gallery. What it lost was a introduction page( which would have to be expanded upon at this point ) as well as a image of a young Mack with a I want to say toddler Panda on his knee. Here's to hoping that at some point 12 Guage/Image seem fit to publish the other series of one shots that Jason has since done ( 4 in total ) and here's to hoping at some point he does get to do the further Body bag minseries he's said he's wanted to do.

There were Panda and Clownface. This is one of my all-time favorite comic story arcs. Originally a four part series I believe, it's a cute coming-of-age story about a young girl who wants to connect with her estranged father. The results are very satisfying. Yes, there's a young female protagonist and lots of violence. Hey, it's an over-the-top comic book people. Try it and I think you'll have a new anti-heroine to add to your list of favorites.