Comic Book Review of Myriad (Issues 1 and 2)

The story goes like this: Generic silly thugs paid to destroy something for some king pin. They try and get their asses handed to them by the main character Chi Sai. They shoot her in the head at point blank range and she still by some luck, of which I am not sure, survives. I can tell by the art if she had a hole in her head or a bruise. More ass kicking and then two thugs escape to tell their boss. His boss threatens them, because for some reason they always rule with fear. Then he talks to his right hand woman and request Chi Sai before him by any means necessary. His equally stereotypical and also generic counter part is of course happy at this request which he doesn't understand for some reason.

Have you head this story before...yes because there are about 10,000 other comics with just about the same subject. If it isn't a bad comic then it's some low rent b flick at your local Blockbuster (Shameless Blockbuster plug). I'm not sure why people keep writing the female assassin and making the fact that she is a woman the major catch. The thugs all of a sudden become fearless at the realization she is a woman. They first attack her with clever lines like, "Oh Snap" then get their asses handed to them again. Low rent thugs likes these wouldn't stick around after shooting someone in the head; they would scatter even faster if the dead in question got back up. Why, oh why, do all female hit men wear skin tight body suits? How the fuck is that functional in any way? There are a total of two women in this comic both have on cat suits. Nothing says functional like leather or latex...

I'm tired of bland lifeless action driven by compelling story like, "She wants to get you." Because I know right from the start the McGuffin isn't powerful enough to move me at all. (The McGuffin is the thing that drives the story what the people want. Example of this is in the movie Pulp Fiction they wanted the suit case. It doesn't matter what it is they just want it. Superhero comics the villain wants to rule the world. The hero doesn't want the villain to. See how the McGuffin is important?) Let me guess the McGuffin:

Killed Family

Killed Lover.

Killed You.

Tried to kill you.

Killed pet.

Killed house plant.

Stole money from you.

Stole family.

Stole lover.

Stole you.

Tried to steal you.

Stole pet.

Stole house plant.

The list can go on because it is as easy to fill as a mad lib. Looking at the three dollar cover price I can't help my self but to run out and subscribe right away. If you stuck those three dollars, plus tax, up your ass it would feel better and be worth more by the time you were done.

The only positive thing I took away from this way the art which is some instances showed a lot of promise. It was detailed and expressive in some parts yet it others it just felt lazy. A lazy time would be that I'm not sure if she has a fucking hole in her skull or not. A good time would be the last panel in page six when you can see the power and rage in her eyes. With out seeing anything other than her eyes you know she did something nasty to another person, that is a good feeling.

It get's a 1.8 from me and that is solely from the art. If I read the script, pretending there was one, I'd give it a 1.0.