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Published by: Image Comics
Released on: May 7, 2014
Writers: Sina Grace, Daniel Freedman
Artist: Sina Grace
Cover artist: Sina Grace
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Bear, Jess and Rock are on the run from robot soldiers representing Manncorp, and find themselves scurrying through the city alleys in the hopes of eluding the killer machines. Their luck doesn't hold out, and they're forced to battle with one of the robots. Jess proves her salt in a way Rock had never seen before and he finds her even hotter for it.
Lex, an old acquaintance, pops up from a manhole cover and brings the trio to safety. She lives underground with a ragtag group of revolutionary types who seem to run the gambit in personality categories. Some R&R is in order for Rock and Jess, but Rock gets distracted when someone in the group brings up a really bad memory. In this second series in the Burn the Orphanage saga, old alliances are re-established and old enemies are forced to unite to fight and defeat a common enemy: Manncorp.
Maybe the first mini-series is required reading in order to understand what exactly is going on in this first issue in the latest mini-series. Things happen in such a way as it seems like the continuation of a cliff-hanger, which required some re-reading in order to make heads or tails of what was going on. But after a second read it was much more enjoyable book. Certainly enjoyable enough to pick up the second issue to see where it goes. The artwork is attractive and doesn't push the script to the background, keeping away from big splash pages. Grace's style doesn't hit you over the head, and maintains a comfortable subtleness throughout.
And at the end of the book is part three of an ongoing serial (no clue where the first two are published) called “Liberty Justice†by Tyler Shainline and Andy Suriano. The artwork in this one does hit you over the head. As to what this is about? A big-boobed afro-wearing mama in outer space fights someone and uses some lucky guy's head as her seat cushion. It's about the most colorful artwork one can imagine, but having missed parts one and two, it made no sense. But the book it's in is worth checking out, if you like sci-fi end-of-mankind stuff.
