That’s my biggest complaint: barely anything interesting happens for nearly 2/3rds of the book! The story is mostly a dull procedural as we watch Reckless slowly putting the pieces of the mystery together. It’s 1985, Satanic panic is in the Californian air and Ethan Reckless has a new case: find the missing step-sister of a librarian - but is it too late?įriend of the Devil is Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ second Reckless book and it’s much less exciting than the first one unfortunately. This was another invigorating burst of some rough justice. One noticeable change in this volume is that the titular character less resembles a 70's-era Robert Redford, but now seems to mirror the late wildlife expert Steve Irwin (crikey!, indeed) in the illustrations. How it all shakes out is some pretty grim stuff, of course, but damned if the gumption-minded Reckless isn't going to see this through to get some ****ing answers. Touching on everything from the 'snuff film' intrigue of the 70's to the 'satanic panic' in the 80's (although the broad references that the sprawling entertainment business in La-La Land is run by some morally questionable types remains a firm and timeless conspiracy theory, don't you think?), Reckless attempts to track down the librarian's long-missing sister after she is briefly spotted in a forgotten low budget horror movie. This time around the deep cover fed-turned-hired gun problem solver Ethan Reckless stumbles onto starting an investigation via the pleasant librarian he begins dating after a 'meet cute' scene of sorts in the opening pages. I really admired Brubaker and Phillips' initial Reckless graphic (and that's accent on the graphic part, as in the violence) novel five months ago, and they now serve up a bruised and battered noir-like crime story sequel featuring that uniquely-monikered "one part repo man, one part private eye, and one part wrecking ball," per the fairly accurate rear cover blurb. But, as you already know, I don't get that lucky." - Ethan Reckless, attempting a getaway in the villain's Datsun 280Z, while shotgun rounds pepper the rear fender "And I almost think I'm going to get away without being spotted.
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