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Preview: Token City Wondercade

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Token City Wondercade

D. Bradford Gambles and Spencer Holt

New Game Start! Izzy’s great with hardware…but when her dad’s arcade gets invaded by creepy spirits, it’s gonna take more than a screwdriver to fix this mess.

The Token City Wondercade has seen better days…but for 15-year-old Izzy, it’s both work and home. Her dad is already struggling to keep the business afloat when the arrival of a mysterious arcade cabinet, bearing only the name “Hex,” throws their world into chaos. As digital /supernatural phenomena begin haunting the Wondercade, this stubborn loner must learn to cooperate with new allies…or it’s Game Over!

Token City Wondercade

Preview: Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

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Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

(W) Benito Cereno (A) Derek Hunter, Spencer Holt

Itinerant ghost-hunter Hector Plasm has faced all sorts of unquiet spirits in his travels, but a series of murders in a Pacific Northwest town leads him to confront a creature more solid than usual: BIGFOOT! Can Hector track down a beast that doesn’t want to be found, clear his own name, AND save a struggling local business at the same time?

Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

Preview: Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

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Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

(W) Benito Cereno (A) Derek Hunter, Spencer Holt

Itinerant ghost-hunter Hector Plasm has faced all sorts of unquiet spirits in his travels, but a series of murders in a Pacific Northwest town leads him to confront a creature more solid than usual: BIGFOOT! Can Hector track down a beast that doesn’t want to be found, clear his own name, AND save a struggling local business at the same time?

Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1

Review: Pretty Violent #1

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Pretty Violent #1

Some comics just live up to their title and Pretty Violent #1 is one of those. Created by Derek Hunter and written by Hunter and Jason Young, the story is about Gamma Rae, a hero wannabe. She’s had powers since she was young and can’t quite get the hero part down.

In her attempts, we get decapitations, spines ripped out, people being squashed. It’s over the top violence with a cartoonlike spin to it all. Hunter also provides art with Spencer Holt on the colors. It all feels a bit like Skottie Young’s style with a mix of cute and violent.

Pretty Violent #1 is one of those comics you sit back and enjoy the read. None of the characters are likable, it’s the reactions that are the draw. The crowd’s comments. The battles. The violence. It all comes together for a Looney Tunes like cacophony of violence.

Part of the enjoyment is the art which feels more PowderPuff Girls than anything else. It’s cute and harmless until a spine is ripped out or the first “fuck” is dropped. The cute adds to the humor of it all.

There, of course, is a twist and that has me coming back as it makes the comic more than just swearing and violence. If you want your superheroes a little less serious and a lot more violent, this is one to definitely check out.

Story: Derek Hunter, Jason Young Art: Derek Hunter
Color: Spencer Holt
Story: 8.15 Art: 8.15 Overall: 8.15 Recommendation: Buy

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review