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    Secret Six » Secret Six #28 - The Reptile Brain, Part Four of Four: The Skull Just Beneath the Flesh released by DC Comics on February 2011.

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    Review: Secret Six #28

    The Secret Six's conflict with its rival outfit comes to a fiery, bloody head instigated by the appearance of Deimos' hideous dragon form.
     

    The Good

    There's such a diversity of voices in this: from the unnervingly-articulate Bane to the whimsically-foppish Ragdall and the sadistic-but-none-too-bright Dwarfstar, every villain has an immediately-distinct personality. While the action in the Warlord's world delivers the goods (and then some) it's almost just as exciting to see how these big personas respond and react to the philosophical/political quandaries that such an outlandish situation begets.

    The Bad

    The other edge of the great complexity and rationality I enjoy so much in this book is that there are inevitably some questions about why certain reasonable outcomes didn't happen earlier. Specifically, you'd figure that Giganta would sniff out what Dwarfstar had done to the Atom on her own. And then, it seems a little off that a powerful sorceress would take so long to realize (and need Deadshot to remind her) that there was a magic in a fantasy realm that she could tap into.

    The Verdict - 4/5

    And so concludes another awesome arc of Secret Six. This is one of the few comics I've read that captures what I always felt a "super community" would be like. That is, these characters would be looking for any reason to fight and would be just as likely to hang out afterward since moral alliances and team allegiances shift so often.
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      Secret Six #28 - The Reptile Brain, Part Four of Four: The Skull Just Beneath the Flesh by lightbright on December 03, 2010

      I'll admit my bias right away, I'm a big fan of the Secret Six and Gail Simone. However, with recent issues I've started to lose interest and faith in the characters. I'm really glad I decided to stick around, though, because Simone really managed to collect all the frazzled pieces and stick them back together in a fun and tactful way.  Good Things:  I was really getting sick of Black Alice. I went from liking her (from when she appeared in Birds of Prey) to really finding her irritating (recent...

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      Secret Six #28 - The Reptile Brain, Part Four of Four: The Skull Just Beneath the Flesh by the_mighty_monarch on December 02, 2010

      The Good: There is a lot of pretty sweet action here. The dialogue is amazing. All of the characters have all sorts of varying personality traits and they all interact in interesting ways. Some of them amusing, some of them touching. There's a nice 'father' 'daughter' moment between Bane and Scandal that's very touching. Another one for Deadshot and Black Alice. The Wall has some great moments.  King Shark is REALLY stupidly funny.  Dwarfstar gets what's coming to him. Beautifully. The Bad: This...

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