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NERVE BOMB #0
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www.nervebomb.com)
James Baker's
Nerve Bomb stars two superheroes of sorts, Rocket Rabbit (a robot) and the Professor (his cute crimefighting partner). The concept here is something like a futuristic superhero story with lots of jokes. Not a whole lot happens in this introductory issue, but they do battle a giant granny who's terrorizing the city and we get brief glimpses of lots of other heroes (Kid Kalimari, Seamus O'Possum) and villains (the Doctopus, the Reverend) in this universe. The nicely grey-toned artwork is quite reminiscent of what seems to be a European school of cartooning, particularly in the female lead, who looks similar to practically any given cartoony, female character published in Europe (not that that's a bad thing). With some funny gags, nice cartooning and interesting character designs (Big Suit, the boss, being one of my favorites), I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. This issue was actually published in 2001, but James says it will continue as a quarterly beginning in August.
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