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  • Furious #4



    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: Apr. 30, 2014
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    Cady Lark is barely hanging on to her own mind at this point in the series. Magically granted super-powers that are fueled by her own rage, the former child-actress seeks to redress all her old wrongs before revealing her true identity to the world. So, for now, she's still the media-dubbed Furious.



    She has two young men cornered, threatening to beat them senseless for a crime she believes they had a hand in. But then Det. McKnight appears and talks her down, explaining the details she missed to her, getting her to release the two men. She does and feels really lost, making the detective figure out she's been winging all this and might just need someone to talk to. He tells her that she really is doing some good since the SWAT captain she decked out is actually under investigation now, causing all the cops to look at what they do and how they do it. Their conversation ends with McKnight telling her to go public, address them directly, to clear up all the confusion around her.





    Meanwhile, her nemesis, Perfidia, lures a rapey type to a hotel room then tears off his arm and beats him to death with it. She does this while the TV is on, broadcasting a personal appeal from reporter Jesus Martinez, the one who's dubbed the heroine as “Furious,” asking her to meet him the next day in public. Perfidia thinks that'll be the perfect time for a reunion, too, and gives the TV set a nice, bloody kiss.




    At the park the next day, with the cameras rolling, Cady Lark makes her appearance. She takes the attention away from the reporter pretty quickly, dubbing herself as “Furia” instead and making a passionate appeal to the gathered crowd. It's clear that Martinez wants to use this interview to further his own career but, as a former actress, she's far more adept at this whole thing and soon has the crowd and message going her way. She steps into the crowd and talks to a young girl, trying to be a truly good, positive inspiration to her. But before she can finish, Perfidia shows up, grabbing the young girl and flying into the air. Furia gives chase but soon realizes not only the true identity of her former best friend, Jodie, but that she's also a heckuva lot stronger than Furia. Perfidia/Jodie taunts her, claiming that despite what she's trying to do there are some mistakes that Furia/Cady can never escape.




    The storytelling here unfortunately gets a little sloppy in some expositional corners (as if Cady's confusion was the author's own) but, overall, Bryan J.L. Glass' script really tries to get under the hood of this poor, messed-up superhero trying to get it right. Victor Santos' artwork is still the big selling point here, too, having now clearly settled into the series and making the characters all that more dynamic. This is still a very entertaining series that shouldn't be missed, especially as this issue features some great alternate full-page artwork by Jesus Alonso Iglesias and Vicente Vegas.
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