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Bad Mother #1 by Christa Faust
4.0

Take a little john wick, a little Taken, and a little breaking bad and mix it in a pot and you get this...in the best way possible.

After her daughter goes missing April decides to take matters into her own hands since the police are doing jack shit to find out what happened to her. So this is like a mystery thriller mixed with some home alone making your own traps type shit. Funny enough it reminds me a lot of Nobody, a movie that just came out, but with a soccer mom twist.

The art is solid but moody and sometimes a bit too dark. I also think the last issue wrapped up a bit too quick at times.

But besides those two things I REALLY enjoyed this. The dialogue was fast and fun, the pacing was near perfect, and the brutal deaths worked real well. Bad Mother is a great comic that works well for fans of thrillers and semi-ridiculous premises. Check it out! Awa rarely misses.