Even at the end, when the Phillipses and Brubaker take a leap that is as intriguing as it is an absolute gutpunch. Destroy All Monsters is a pleasure to read. Plus, Brubaker’s always had an ear for terrific dialogue, whether warm or vicious. Even when they’re at odds with each other - Ethan’s anti-nihilism is both deeply honorable and makes him prone to stasis, while Anna is pushing her limits and starting to figure out who she’ll be in the next phase of her life - there’s a deep care between them that’s both genuinely sweet and complicates Reckless’ assumptions about himself in fascinating ways. Reckless’ friendship with Anna goes back years, born from a shared love for movies and the two of them being in the right place at the right time to forge the sort of connection that lives turn on. (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean PhillipsThe next book in the red-hot RECKLESS series is hereBestselling crime noir masters ED. Monday is the Final Order Cut-Off date for the third Reckless hardcover original graphic novel, Destroy All Monsters from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Destroy All Monsters, by contrast, is a platonic love story. Both Reckless and the second book Friend of the Devil considered Reckless as a lover - first to a woman he had known before the bomb that made him who he is, and second to a woman he believes he may well have loved. Destroy All Monsters turns Ethan Reckless to a new angle, and the results are fascinating. The Phillipses (they’re father and son) are matched by Ed Brubaker’s script work.
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