TNTM Comicast #222 The Green Drug

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of February 24th. Hear what we thought of the All New All Diffrerent Avengers book. We also talk about Supermen.

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Batman And Robin Eternal #21, Cyborg #8, Dark Knight III The Master Race #3 (Of 8), Grayson #17, Justice League #48, Superman #49, Superman Lois And Clark #5, Superman The Coming Of The Supermen #1 (Of 6), Superman Wonder Woman #26, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55, Black Magick #5, Outcast By Kirkman And Azaceta #16, Plutona #4, All-New All-Different Avengers #6, All-New Inhumans #4, All-New X-Men #5, Amazing Spider-Man #1.3, Daredevil #4, Kanan #11, Silk #5, Spider-Man 2099 #7, Venom Space Knight #4

TNTM Comicast #222 The Green Drug

Podcast Rating: PG-13

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0:01-1:38 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, February 24 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!

1:38-3:15 Superman The Coming Of The Supermen #1 

3:16-4:57 Amazing Spider-Man #1.3

4:58-6:27 Dark Knight III The Master Race #3

6:28-7:47 Daredevil #4

7:48-9:17 All-New Inhumans #4

9:36-11:23 Venom Space Knight #4

11:24-13:02 Plutona #4

13:03-14:24 Black Magick #5

14:25-15:54 Superman Lois And Clark #5

15:55-17:40 All-New X-Men #5

17:41-19:44 Silk #5

20:00-21:56 Cyborg #8

21:57-23:40 Kanan #11

23:57-26:00 All-New All-Different Avengers #6

26:01-27:56 Spider-Man 2099 #7

28:17-29:48 Outcast #16

29:49-13:52 Commercial Break: Twin Suns

13:53-37:25 Grayson #17

37:26-38:46 Batman & Robin Eternal #21

38:47-40:28 Superman Wonder Woman #26

40:29-42:52 Justice League #48

42:53-45:39 Superman #49

45:40-47:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55

47:41-54:38 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW

54:39-58:11 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media - http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, iTunes, Podirrectory

Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

You can pick up these comics at Age Of Comics or

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TNTM I’m Right, You're Wrong - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Pablo Gunner and Tone Bone introduce a new video segment called I'm Right, You're Wrong. Pablo Gunner says The Force Awakens is the greatest Star Wars movie and why he's right. Tone Bone says why Pablo Gunner is wrong. Then Pablo Gunner and Tone Bone ask the con-goers of Albuquerque Comic-Con what they think. What about you, what do you think, who's right and who's wrong?

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Sackula: The Cyber Zone - Snow Patrol Concerts

Sometimes Sackula AKA Jon Sakura, owner of Gamer’s Anonymous, does a video hangout podcast. Sackula cohosts with Michael Raydon(?). Cyber Zone is usually about literally anything. It's video game centric but covers anything and everything. This time they talk about Dreamcast, Santa, Ninja Gaiden, hardest games, Valentines, Rocket League, Def Jam, Simpsons games, viewer questions, and a crap ton more.

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TNTM Comicast #221 Long and Drawn out to Nothing

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of February 17th. Hear what we thought of the new Avengers book. We also talk about Superman American alien.

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Archie #6, Dragon Age Magekiller #3 (Of 5), Batman And Robin Eternal #20, Robin Son Of Batman #9, Superman American Alien #4 (Of 7), Wonder Woman #49, Bitch Planet #7, Huck #4, Avengers Standoff Welcome To Pleasant Hill #1, Extraordinary X-Men #7, Mighty Thor #4, Power Man And Iron Fist #1, Spider-Woman #4, Star Wars #16, Star-Lord #4, Uncanny Inhumans #5

TNTM Comicast #221 Long and Drawn out to Nothing

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0:01-1:34 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, February 17 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!

1:35-4:10 Avengers Standoff Welcome To Pleasant Hill #1

4:11-5:44 Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life & Death #2

5:45-6:58 Dragon Age Magekiller #3

6:59-8:48 Superman American Alien #4

8:49-10:42 Power Man & Iron Fist #1

10:58-13:18 Spider-Woman #4

13:19-14:59 Star-Lord #4

15:27-18:06 Mighty Thor #4

18:07-20:30 Huck #4

20:31-22:25 Uncanny Inhumans #5

22:26-24:12 Archie #6

24:13-26:23 Bitch Planet #7

26:24-34:30 Commercial Break: Age Of Comics w/some Talking Nerdy

34:31-36:29 Extraordinary X-Men #7

36:45-38:33 Robin Son Of Batman #9

38:34-40:31 Star Wars #16

40:49-42:20 Batman & Robin Eternal #20

42:21-44:27 Wonder Woman #49

44:28-47:47 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW

47:48-50:05 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, 

fan shoutout, 

Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, iTunes, Podirrectory

Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM Jus Cos Cosplay Supply Visit

Pablo Gunner visits the Jus Cos Cosplay Supply store, your one stop shop for all your cosplay needs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The owner, Bek Miller, tells and shows us everything we need to know about her shop and cosplay.

You can find Jus Cos Cosplay Supply store on Facebook and they are located at 3700 Osuna Road NE, STE. 505 Albuquerque, NM 87109. Their store hours and phone number are Tuesday - Saturday 11AM to 6PM and 505-433-4440.

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Sackula: The Cyber Zone - Stormy Nights

Sometimes Sackula AKA Jon Sakura, owner of Gamer’s Anonymous, does a video hangout podcast. Sackula cohosts with Michael Raydon(?). Cyber Zone is usually about literally anything. It's video game centric but covers anything and everything. This time they talk about the new street fighter game, virtual console releases, good and bad translations, customer service, games based off shows, the NX, trivia, Mario Sunshine, Sonic games, Oddworld games, and a crap ton more.

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TNTM Trade of The Week: The Umbrella Academy APOCALYPSE SUITE

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

VOLUME 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE

STORY GERARD WAY

ART GABRIEL BA

COLORS DAVE STEWART

Published by

Dark Horse Comics

There was a lot of buzz around this title, The Umbrella Academy. It's a creation from the mind of Gerard Way, which is the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. That's one reason why. Umbrella Academy gets some recognition just because Gerard Way is the writer of the series. Gabriel Bá is the artist, who is also known for Casanova and De: Tales. The colors are done by nine time Eisner Award winning colorist, Dave Stewart. Apocalypse Suite is the first volume of Umbrella Academy. This first story arc is made up of six issues. The volume itself also includes a free comic book day issue story, an intro by Grant Morrison, afterword from the editor, Scott Allie, and some concept art by Gerard, Gabriel, and, series cover artist, James Jean.

That all sounds quite daunting to me. Going into this graphic novel, Umbrella Academy was already pretty hyped up for me. Then after Grant Morrison's introduction my expectations were elevated even more so. I did my best to reserve judgment until I was finished reading this book.

It starts with a ridiculous and preposterous notion that 43 non-pregnant women around the world each suddenly birthed their own child. Reginald Hargreaves aka The Monocle, a millionaire inventor, adopts 7 of the 43 children. None of the other 36 kids are ever brought up or mentioned. Perhaps they serve as characters or have some role in future volumes or issues but not in this. Ten years later Hargreaves shows up with these special kids to undertake a mission of fighting the Eiffel Tower, which is being controlled by zombie robot, Gustav Eiffel. Then it jumps another ten years later. Reginald is dead, the team has been disbanded, each grown into their own. They are brought back together by his passing and forced to be a team again to save the world from various threats. All the while they are each dealing with grief in their own way. There are a lot of clashing personalities. You can tell each one is damaged in different ways because of the way that their father figure treated them. He was kind of a bastard because he refused to treat or allow them to act like he was as such, their father. To him they were just one of his ideas to be made and molded as he pleased. There's a lot under the surface that you don't instantly pick up on or see but it's there. I wish they had gone deeper into each characters story and how they got to be where they are. I understand they could fill the gaps later but if you can't get me to care about these characters within a couple issues much less by the end of the first story arc I won't bother sticking around. That's exactly what happened with me. When these characters are in peril and things look as bad as they could be I couldn't care less because I wasn't invested in any of them. 

The art team of Gabriel Bá and Dave Stewart did a solid job of telling the story. Gabriel Bá has a very Hellboy/Mignola-esque style of art. Personally it's not my cup of tea but it worked and fit well for this title. Gabriel manages to have a style that can be clean, dirty, detailed, basic, deep, and shallow all at the same time. It's odd, peculiar, weird, interesting, and intriguing. The colors bring so much life into this world. The visuals never get boring, that's for sure. The colors are constantly changing, keeping it fresh, giving it life, adding heat or cold. I must say that there wasn't much for detail and expression when it come to the faces. That's what was left to be desired in the art.

In the combined effort of story with writing and art there also left to be desired. The premise of it all is quite ludicrous. None of it is rooted in reality so know that going in. After reading the FCBD issue at the end of the book the story made a lot more sense. What I'm getting at is that the story feels like it's playing off the idea that you know more than you actually do. The whole time it seemed like I was missing something. And I was, everything that came before that first ten years and ten years after that. There's not even a montage and there's rarely any flashbacks. The finale was a great idea that wasn't handled and built up that well. Mostly because of what I just said. At the same time I think that if they would have let Gerard have more creative control I think it could have been better. I say this because after seeing and reading the extra content it really seems he had a strong vision and idea for this book, these characters, and their stories. A lot of his concepts, written and visual, I found way more enjoyable, interesting, cool, and intriguing. Honestly, I just wanted more, more depth, more character development, more world building, not less, not the basics. If I wanted to read basic, two dimensional characters and worlds I'd read My Little Pony.

Considering this is Gerard Way's first rodeo in comics I give him props for how good it was but considering all the hype it didn't live up to it. Especially when measured up against other indie titles it definitely doesn't meet the grade. The art was well done and effective despite not being my preferred style. The biggest problem with this book is that it asks too much of the reader, to believe, imagine, and see what is not in the pages but should be. I bought this book because of all the good things I heard about it. I wanted to believe them and support Gerard Way. I'm sure many others who have and will feel the same way. I also can't help but feeling that this title just isn't for me. Some have ranted and raved about it but you won't hear it from me. Nice try but trying only gets you so far. If I'm not invested in your characters and world I'm not going to keep buying and reading. If I would have read this in issues I would have dropped it after issue two. Sorry to say but this is a Skim for me. Others may like it more so skim it, if you like what you see and read, buy it. If you like it good on you because you got or found something in it that I didn't so for that I'm jealous.

Verdict: Skim

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TNTM Comicast #220 Old Man Bruce

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of February 10th. Hear what we thought of the Bat books and x-men books. We also check in on Deadpool and Spider-man.

Rate, review, subscribe, and listen to our podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Poddirectory and Podkicker.

BATMAN #49, BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #19, BATMAN SUPERMAN #29, BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #3, DESCENDER #10, LOW #11, ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #5, ALL NEW HAWKEYE #4, ALL NEW WOLVERINE #5, ALL NEW X-MEN #4, DARTH VADER #16, DEADPOOL #7, GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5, MS MARVEL #4, NEW AVENGERS #6, OLD MAN LOGAN #2, SILK #4, SPIDER-GWEN #5, SPIDER-MAN 2099 #6, SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #2, TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #3, ULTIMATES #4

TNTM Comicast #220 Old Man Bruce

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Comicast #220
Intro Song: Twilight Zone
0:14-1:27 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, February 10 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!
1:28-2:37 JAMES BOND #4
2:38-4:08 LOW #11
4:09-5:47 DESCENDER #10
5:48-7:39 ALL NEW WOLVERINE #5
7:40-9:49 ALL NEW X-MEN #4
10:06-11:56 MS MARVEL #4
11:57-14:21 ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #5
14:43-16:33 BATMAN #49
16:34-18:41 BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #3
18:42-20:35 BATMAN SUPERMAN #29
20:36-21:59 BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL #19
22:00-23:47 DARTH VADER #16
23:47-25:51 SPIDER-GWEN #5
26:08-28:10 SILK #4
28:11-30:20 SPIDER-MAN 2099 #6
30:46-32:22 TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #3
32:23-39:40 Commercial Break: Gamers Anonymous
39:41-41:11 OLD MAN LOGAN #2
41:28-43:01 ALL NEW HAWKEYE #4
43:02-44:49 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5
45:07-46:38 ULTIMATES #4
46:39-48:05 NEW AVENGERS #6
48:28-50:06 SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #2
50:08-54:00 DEADPOOL #7
54:01-57:30 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW
57:31-58:22 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, iTunes, Podirrectory
Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM NOOB & WEEB YAY4Anime Candy Apple Hamster Candy

NOOB & WEEB try YAY4Anime, Japanese snack,Candy Apple Hamster Candy. Find out about this chewy, sticky, rocky, delightful concoction and if it is worth a BUY, Try, or pass.

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Sackula: The Cyber Zone - ASMR Delight

Sometimes Sackula AKA Jon Sakura, owner of Gamer’s Anonymous, does a video hangout podcast. Cyber Zone is usually about literally anything. It's video game centric but covers anything and everything. Sackula cohosts with Michael Raydon(?).

You can watch more of Jon’s video series right here!

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TNTM Comicast #219 Spidey Europa!!

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of February 3rd. Hear what we thought of Action Comics and Spidey. We also check in on Swamp Thing and Walking Dead.

Rate, review, subscribe, and listen to our podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Poddirectory and Podkicker.

Action Comics #49, Batman And Robin Eternal #1, Batman Europa #4, Detective Comics #49, Swamp Thing #2 (Of 6), Axcend #4, Paper Girls #5, Velvet #13, Walking Dead #151, A-Force #2, Captain America Sam Wilson #6, Captain Marvel #2, Doctor Strange #5, Invincible Iron Man #6, Nova #4, Scarlet Witch #3, Spider-Man #1, Spidey #3, Obi-Wan And Anakin #2 (Of 5), Vision #4

TNTM Comicast #219 Spidey Europa!!

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Comicast #219
Intro Song: Spectacular Spider-Man
0:16-1:06 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, February 3 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!
1:07-3:29 Spider-Man #1
3:30-5:17 Captain Marvel #2
5:43-8:48 Obi-Wan & Anakin #2
8:49-11:19 Swamp Thing #2
11:20-13:19 A-Force #2
13:35-16:09 Scarlet Witch #3
16:10-18:27 Spidey #3
18:50-22:03 Batman Europa #4
22:04-24:11 Nova #4
24:33-27:43 Axcend #4
27:44-30:31 Vision #4
30:57-33:02 Doctor Strange #5
33:03-415:5 Commercial Break: Twin Suns
41:52-44:06 Paper Girls #5
44:07-46:50 Captain America Sam Wilson #6
47:15-49:26 Invincible Iron Man #6
49:27-52:02 Velvet #13
52:03-54:08 Batman & Robin Eternal #18
54:08-56:09 Action Comics #49
56:10-58:41 Detective Comics #49
58:41-1:01:41 Walking Dead #151
1:01:42-1:07:58 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW
1:07:59-1:09:02 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, iTunes, Podirrectory
Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM Trade Of The Week: Tokyo Ghoul Volume 1

TOKYO GHOUL 1

SUI ISHIDA

Tokyo Ghoul is a fairly new, 2011, manga which is now an anime, 2014, in its 3rd season. Volume 1 of the manga is about Ken Kaneki, a teenage college freshman boy, who goes through some drastic changes after getting an organ transplant due to a horrifying accident. If you have seen the anime, Volume 1 of Tokyo Ghoul covers the first few episodes. Personally I saw the show before the read the manga. You've heard it before and you'll hear it again, the books are better or if you like the show/movies(s) you'll like the books or some variation of this sentiment. 

The biggest reason the written source material is almost always better is because there is so much more. There is more detail, more depth, more character development, and more time spent on all of those things. My favorite aspect of the manga was the psychological stuff, head games, mind games, mind fucks. It's kind of hard for you to understand what I mean by that unless I go into some of the story a little.

From the get-go the book establishes that there are these humanoid creatures called ghouls, akin to vampires or werewolves. They walk the walk and talk the talk except they hunger for flesh. Unfortunately for Kaneki, the girl he is interested in, Rize, that goes on a date with him, ends up being a ghoul that just wants to eat him up. In a freak accident they are both deathly injured. The surgeon makes the decision to transplant her organs in him. Lets just say it doesn't go well for Kaneki. He goes through some unexpected, unwanted, and unwarranted changes. He discovers what it's like to be a ghouls, to crave human flesh. Not only does normal human food not satisfy him, it makes him ill. You see him struggle valiantly against these animalistic urges for humans.

The art is the driving force for the story. It depicts the struggle Kaneki goes through. He is enticed by the psychological invasion and residue of the ghoul gal whose organs are now a part of him. The action is visceral, raw, and intense. The visuals make you sympathetic to Kaneki at times and irate at him during others. If I had one word for the art it would be powerful. 

It blows my mind that in most he comics I read there is a writer, penciller, inker, colorist, and leterrer, whereas with manga there is one person that does all of it. The amount of time, effort, and talent it takes is a ridiculous, and overly impressive feat to me. Personally I like the manga better than the anime but that is because I prefer a more slow and deep approach and experience. There's not a huge difference between the two. The biggest difference I have noticed is that Rize is a much bigger aspect of the story, struggle, and psychological in the manga so far, which I really enjoyed and appreciated. I haven't read too many mangas, Attack on Titan being the only other one, but this is definitely one of the best I've read. The world building is top notch, characterization is well done, the story is interesting and intriguing, the action/fight scenes are pretty sick and hardcore. I give Tokyo Ghoul Volume 1 a STRONG BUY. I can't wait to read the next one.

Verdict: STRONG BUY

You can pick up or order this at Age Of Comics or

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TNTM NOOB & WEEB Episode 4

For episode 4 NOOB & WEEB try Grape Ramune and Green Tea kit kat. WEEB makes NOOB open his first Ramune. Lets just say it doesn't go well. See how they react and describe these wares. Find out if these Japanese snacks are a BUY, Try, or pass.

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Sackula: The Cyber Zone - Turkish Rapper's Delight

Sometimes Sackula AKA Jon Sakura, owner of Gamer’s Anonymous, does a video hangout podcast. This one pertains to womens rights. Cyber Zone is usually about literally anything, it's video game centric but covers anything and everything. Sackula cohosts with Michael Raydon(?).

You can watch more of Jon’s video series right here!

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TNTM Trade of The Week: Mass Effect Foundation Volume 3

STORY

MAC WALTERS(pages 7-50)

MAC WALTERS AND JEREMY BARLOW(pages 51-116)

ART

TONY PARKER

COLORS

MICHAEL ATIYEH

The lead writer of Mass Effect 2, 3 and these Foundation graphic novels, Mac Walters, is at the helm once again with volume 3. Tony Parker covers all the art in this book with Michael Atiyeh doing colors. This continues the story of Cerberus Agent Rasa while she investigates Mordin Solus, Thane Krios, Kasumi Goto, and Zaeed Massani.

Volume 3 of this comic book series takes place before the second Mass Effect game. It starts off with Rasa recovering from her last mission in which she was apparently poisoned. I don't recall that being in the last book but it has been some time since I read the last one so I could be wrong. Regardless, Miranda shows up to harass and put Rasa on a new task. She is assigned to investigate characters that end up becoming crewmembers, cohorts, mission mates, companions, what have you with Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 2(and DLC). It's mostly the back story of Mordin, Kasumi, Zaeed, and Thane which are eluded to in the game but never fully explained. Now you get to see them in all of their artistic glory.

Speaking of artistic glory, I must say that it is wonderful to finally have one consistent, solid, artist. All the other volumes have had multiple artists that were usually not consistent with each other. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. That's not a problem with this volume though. Tony Parker does all the art with the exception of colors done by Michael Atiyeh, and impressively so. Tony Parker excels at detail with environments mostly but also characters faces. Whereas the games are nice, sleek, and shiny, Parker shows a darker more gritty side of the Mass Effect universe. Each story has distinctly different aliens, worlds, and settings that set each other apart in tone, look, and feel. The colors just bring it home when it comes to those aspects as well since they all have different colors schemes and palettes. Your eyes never get bored as they are constantly getting visually stimulated. Even the paneling, design, and structure are unique, different, interesting, and intriguing. Sometimes it's a classic layout, thematic, or experimental and they all work so perfectly. The story flows better than ever in this volume.

All the credit does not go to the artist though as Mac Walters and Jeremy Barlow weave the story masterfully with the art. Everybody is at the top of there game in this trade. They finally have the formula, talent, story, art, colors, dialogue, character all hammered out to it's highest quality. Unfortunately, it appears this is the final volume which is quite unfortunate considering the crazy, ballsy, mind-blowing, cliff hanger ending. Nonetheless this is easily the best Mass Effect graphic novel I have read to date. Even if you've never read any of the previous two volume it would be easy to get on board this one. For all these reason I must give this a STRONG BUY especially for Mass Effect fans.

Verdict: STRONG BUY

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