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Incognito by Ed Brubaker
3.0

I'm going to be honest, this was a bit of a letdown.

So as most people know by now I love Brubaker. Even at his worst (Something like this) It's still pretty entertaining. I also think Sean is one of my favorite artist of all time. So why didn't I love this? I guess it's because I hated every character.

Now this isn't a comic where it paints you likeable characters. Everyone is basically a villain, and it's about a retired villain who decides to do good, but then it doesn't really focus on that. Instead it focuses on a mad scientist control over clones, and I guess domination, but it's also slightly confusing, and it really doesn't have any rhyme or reason compared to amazing works like Kill or Be Killed or Criminal.

Good: The art is fantastic of course. Brubaker is also a solid dialog creator giving us plenty of laugh out loud moments and solid dialog. I also enjoyed the main character's view points, even if they are somewhat depressing.

Bad: The storyline is a jumbled mess with too much focus on character you don't care about. Also it feels very rushed as if it should have been 10 to 12 issues but got compacted down to 6. The ending was unsatisfying as can be.

Overall this is a decent fun little novel but it'll be one I'll forget about unlike the other stuff Brubaker has made in the past. I'll give this a 2.5 out of 5.