Killer Stunts Incorporated #1 (of 4)
$2.95 & 22 pgs.
From Pulp Mag Press
Story: Alan Scott
Art: David Hahn
Available at comics shops and www.killerstunts.com.

What do the first issue of a comic book series, Killer Stunts, and the first five minutes of a television show or movie have in common?

They both must grip the interest of its audience or all is lost.

This title from a new publisher is about a young, charismatic daredevil who jumps over things with his motorcycle for the movies and always walks away unscathed. That's because Billy Andrews is already dead.

On the surface, he seems a clean-cut young man, partially because of the minimalistic, clean-cut art and lack of profanity and blood. Hurrah!

Indeed, in style only, Killer Stunts may remind one of the old TV show Johnny Danger. Dialogue is believable, and the plot is crisp, well paced, and interesting,

Billy is also much desired as a new member of The League of Immortals despite the fact that he doesn't want to join. Another nice plot twist! Hurrah for the creative team again!

All of this is dressed in a deceptively simple, uncluttered art style reminiscent of the best Saturday morning cartoons when there was such a thing.

Although one plot twist is a bit long-in-the-tooth (hint), the first issue of Killer Stunts is a gripping introduction to a new series, and is recommended for all but the youngest reader. MINIVIEW: Oliver [Top Shelf] Obscure dreams for those of eclectic taste drawn in scratchy doodles. Its symbolism, if any, escapes this reviewer.

MV MINIVIEW, TOO: Magic Boy & The Robot Elf [Top Shelf] Deceptively packaged like a child's book, this bizarre essay on "a withering sack of flesh" (an old man) is insightful, foolish and profane. His adventure part fact and part dream, a decrepit, lonely man builds a robot of himself that reflects only the beast in him. Robot Elf proceeds to wreck reality. Profanity, nudity, sex.

Michael Vance

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