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Released by: Dark Horse Comics
Released on: June 4, 2014
With the psychotic police chief letting loose with grenades and machine gun fire into the building where Lobster Johnson's trapped, it appears there's no way out for our intrepid hero...or is there?
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A well-aimed shot from the Lobster takes down this maniac, whose own men are even questioning his fervor. And a well-placed explosive from his team of operatives create an escape route underneath the building for Lobster. The cops are dismayed by this turn of events but not as much as they are perplexed by seeing now that their chief has apparently recently had some kind of lobotomy..
Back at his headquarters, his team reads the papers that publicize the fact that the police chief was essentially turned into a zombie for someone's nefarious purposes. Billy also finds a lead on the criminals they're hunting, Cossaro and Dr. Waxman, in an old factory in the northern part of town. There, the villains are conspiring but are interrupted by the gun-blazing Lobster.
They're not armed but Waxman keeps Lobster talking, delaying him long enough to deploy his own secret weapon. They discuss the doctor's neuromanipulation testing long enough for Waxman's cyborg to intervene and start knocking the crap out of the Lobster. Elsewhere, the gangsters having stolen the report Ms. Tynan's notes, see that she was trying to find some kind of precedent for Lobster Johnson, perhaps an ancestral link, and it appears that she has done so. They believe that this information might give them some insight into taking Lobster down once and for all.
Back at the old warehouse, the cyborg-armed gangster's son is out for revenge of his father's death and is taking it to the Lobster. However, the Lobster is strong and resilient and is able to eventually tear that mechanical arm off. Before he can finish his assailant, though, Waxman releases another experiment, Mukali the great cyborg ape! He uses a remote to control the creature as it, now, takes it turn knocking the crud out of the Lobster.
But, again, the Lobster is incredibly resilient, proving himself able to defeat the beast despite his massive injuries. Waxman retreats, with Cassaro already long since having fled, firing a warning shot at the Lobster who's now unarmed. He promises to let the Lobster live if he lets him go but the hero is devoted to his path of justice and so finishes off the good doctor with a grenade…
Mignola and Arcudi continue to have a blast with their version of The Shadow, a bit more hard-edged and less mystical but still an unstoppable force for good. Tonci Zonjic continues to supply fantastic artwork that really elevates this title to the next level. Altogether this series is well worth picking up and sticking with.
