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Marshal Law: Blood Sweat & Fears Collection

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It's surprising that the Marshal Law books are out of print. These stories are some of the best superhero parodies ever written. Mills' hilarious writing and strong knowledge of comics history is almost overshadowed by O'Neill's frantic and hyper-violent art.

Marshal Law... the hero hunter... who hunts heroes. This book collects various tales of the Marshal wiping out parodies of Batman and the JSA, an attack of "Night of the Living Dead"-style zombies, and a great combination of the HUAC hearings & "Seduction of the Innocent".

Hopefully, Dark Horse will get back in the swing of things and realize that comic fans shouldn't be without these stories.

Marshal Law lives in a world where 1000's of men became super-powered in a futuristic equivalent of the Vietnam war. They were made to commit attrocities and this combined with the indifference, even fear of their government has left them homeless and bitter. This is scathingly funny, though it will be more to your taste if you have an anti-authoritarian streak, barely disguised versions of famous heroes are parodied to expose their dark underbellies. Marshal Law himself is hilariously obssessed with his hatred for the heroes. A familiarity with the heroes parodied is helpful to an appreciation of this wickedly brilliant story.

Marshall Law,he's a hero hunter - he ain't found one yet!

Living in a world turned on it's head, heroes manufactured for war,then tossed on the human scrap heap in peace time(if they weren't turned into mutilated failures in the process). Crime is rife in a society mutilated by war, Marshall Law, one of those heroes who did meet the grade, is scarred by the war like everyone else but his solution is to fight the hypocrisy towering above him - his targets;heroes. The plot is fairly straight forward, with those twists you would expect from Mills, illuminated by an insanely sexually charged environment where superheroes and villians vent their urges; usually for a price.

I won't tell you the plot, read this book then read it again for the varied sub-texts and character sketches. Who is Mills targeting with all this, the list could be endless.

Once again, Pat Mills puts the Marshal through the paces. This time, Law is beating back the undead with a new deputy. The same edginess that made the first Marshal Law book a classic is present in this one as well. Meeting Law's family is a treat in itself. Highly recommended.