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Absolution Volume 2: Rubicon by Christios Gage
4.0

I actually was highly entertained by Absolution. But how was Rubicon? The followup that came out YEARS later? Well let's talk about it.

John is still doing what he does. You a criminal? You get away with terrible shit? Well this is the Punisher with superpowers. He will cut, murderer, slash your ass. This is his way, the only way, his mind is now set on it after seeing what the criminals can do. So what happens when the mayor of new york releases a super powered evil piece of shit who can adapt to basically any situation? Well then we got a even bigger problem.

Good: I loved the idea here. For John to basically help the people in need and isolate himself away from regular people/police force. I also really enjoyed the art once more, it works really well. John is also pretty funny and it asks the right questions. The fights are pretty epic here too and some fucked up deaths.

Bad: I still hate the happy kitty character. Oversexualed characters are annoying to begin with but having a Chinese ninja warrior who's panties are always the highlight is kind of just cliche and bullshit. I just hate it, and she gets her own chapter dedicated to her but it's pretty bad.

I'd probably go little lower rating for this one then the first but I'll round it up to a 4 out of 5. Highly entertaining once more and I think Avatar's best series I read for them.