With all the internet news on what Mister Liefeld is up to thanks to his last year's success Deadpool movie, a character he (co) created while at Marvel, apparently finally his movie deals for his own Image/ Extreme etc studios are on the way ...
And honestly speaking I was a huge fan of his group of books from way back when simply because they have awesome covers and some great artists who were just starting out then. Sure some times the storylines can read a little choppy and the dialogue is over-the-top but hey it's comics. I go to it for escapist fare. If I wanted something more grounded there is always the real TV news, right? Heh!
Anyway Bloodstrike started off strong then the storylines sort of lost it for me even though I bought it all but towards the end, with Karl on board as artist, it got back on track and I wished they actually finished the series properly with the missing issues 23 and 24 instead of leaving it here at 22 (25 was a promo stunt from Image waaaaaay back when with a few comics issuing 25 a year before the actual numbering reached there ... to prove to fans that Image does plan its work ... or some such justification)
So what's in store for 22? A recap. First Bloodstrike was a team of people or operatives who died and came back like zombies except that they can function like regular folks. Somewhere along the line they were badly defeated and we see a mystery figure bearing the name Bloodstrike as a solo operative. After that, the 'strike had a new posse of two chicks and one handler and one big guy or some such combination ... before the original team came back and hooked up which is where we are at when this issue comes out. See? A lot in 22 issues, eh?
And with this issue it is part of an ongoing arc where a group of villains break out of their cells and 'strike team was assigned to go bring them in since these are super powered freaks who are hellbent on death and destruction.
The saddest thing SPOILER ALERT is that when 25 came out he was flying solo again. So naturally this issue had to pave the way which means the bad guy gets to eliminate everyone (temporary or otherwise) just in time for the 25th issue that had already been issued. Sigh! Get it?
There is a lot going on, and a lot of word balloons, but I just wished that they had taken their time not to rush this book so that artist is given more time to make the interiors just as awesome as the cover
Ratings: 5/10
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