Turncoat

author: Ryan O'Sullivan
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.73
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2016/11/19
date added: 2016/11/19
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Turncoat' by Ryan O'Sullivan with art by Plaid Klaus is a silly satire of the superhero genre with an inept protagonist just trying to get by.

Duke is an assassin, or so he likes to think. He works at an agency with Bernard, who gives him jobs to do. His ex-wife Sharon and son Timmy are now with his ex-best friend Ron. Duke's assassin jobs are to take out low level superheroes, to keep the population of heroes down. He is teamed up with a series of ridiculous supervillains to get the job done. My favorite of these was Scare Bear, a giant bear that likes to jump out and scare people. Things take a turn for the bad when a contract is put out on the big league superhero team.

The heroes in the book are parodies of Marvel and DC characters. It's easy to figure out who they are. Batman is a black knight in this book, and Superman is an alien from Andromeda who likes having lots of girlfriends. Duke is a sad sack character who is pretty clueless, and yet I found him likeable enough. There was a gag running about how other people could talk to Duke's dog, but Duke couldn't. It's one of the many very funny things in the book.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from T Pub, Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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