majinblackheart's Sweet Tooth #9 - In Captivity, Part 4 review

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    Ring Leader Revealed

    Let me start by saying how much I enjoy the originality of this series. I only give this a 3.5 out of 5 because of what I have come to expect from this book. This issue falls a little short.
     
    We do learn that Dr. Singh is not all evil and that he is not the leader of the group at the Preserve, but merely follows the orders of a man named Abbot. We also get to see how they came to obtain Jepperd's wife's body, but we still don't know why or what type of deal Jepperd made with them afterward, seeing as how he is a kill first ask questions later kind of guy.  It kind of doesn't make sense that he would have allied with them for any reason.
     
    I like the direction and the reveals. We get some now classic Jepperd violence. But something I can't put my finger on didn't excite me about this issue. I would still recommend to anyone to go pick up this series - the first arc was recently released in a collection.

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