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DUB TRUB 3: THIS DANGEROUS GAME
By Leroy Douresseaux
February 28, 2006 - 09:21
Seven years ago, the
Voyd, an alien invasion force, stormed Earth, wreaking havoc and destruction, but they met eventual resistance in the form of the
Earth Liberation Army or
ELA. The ELA’s greatest weapon is the
Special Agent Corps, which is made up of a kind of super soldier. Each soldier is a young woman with the rare genetic code that allows her to be biologically modified and installed with special software. Before she even reaches that point, a candidate must prove herself fit mentally and physically and adapt to highly specialized training that tests both her intelligence and athleticism.
The most famed and accomplished women from the corps are
Special Agent Red and
Special Agent Black. They’ve been successfully kicking Voyd butt for so long that the Voyd want the duo captured and the knowledge they hold inside them downloaded for Voyd use. The Voyd want their own Special Agents. Enter Voyd
Overlord Verj and his
Fortress of Doom, located in Western China where he has prepared a trap for Red & Black. Meanwhile, the action girls must train
Special Agent Blue, a brand spankin’ new agent who just might cause Red & Black a world of trouble…
DUB TRUB 3: THIS DANGEROUS GAME arrives just under three years after the first book (
Our World is in Danger Now), and in that time, writer/artist
Carter Allen (
And the Sky Turned White… and
Man is Vox) has improved with each book. Make no mistake; this isn’t Dick or Bradbury. Dub Trub is a combination Saturday morning cartoon sci-fi, B-movie serial, and Michael Bay action flick that would make a very good video game pitch. It’s fun and breezy, easy to read, and free of scientific conventions or pretensions.
Allen understands the form and the rhythm a good comic has. He eschews decompression in favor of sequential narratives in which every panel is necessary and nothing is frivolous. He makes the right choices to establish mood, setting, and character visually without endless exposition. As it was from the beginning, Dub Trub remains well-crafted action comics – something almost lost in today’s comics market.
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