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The Paybacks, Volume 1: Payback's a Bitch by Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal
3.0

Set in the same world and Buzzkill, Paybacks is basically the suicide squad of this universe.

So we get a bunch of heroes, or maybe more villains, but they are working for the government and doing their bidding. However, if they don't do whatever they are commanded they are set to die. So when heroes get out of line or something goes bad they begin recruiting. This is basically a giant book of parody but a pretty damn fun one.

Good: The dialog is once again pretty damn funny. Donny has a knack for these things. I also enjoyed the art still, as I did with Buzzkill. I thought the characters were all pretty interesting too.

Bad: The story went so quick it felt uncompleted. I guess I wanted more and I don't know if we will ever get that. I also thought it took itself a bit too serious at times and worked better as commentary.

Overall a fun story, made me laugh quite a few times, but it wasn't enough to be very memorable. Donny crafts a fun story but his other work is usually stronger. A 3 out of 5.