A Man Called Kev #1 (of 5)

Writer: Garth Ennis
Draws: Carlos Ezquerra
Colors: David Baron
Letters: Phil Balsman


Plot: An ex-British soldier, scarred by the loss of fellow soldiers to the IRA and the backlash of Irish citizens to his presence, leaves the military and becomes a contract hit man for hire. When he finds out he is no longer wanted in England he has to get out of the country while saving his best friend and coworker.

Review: This Garth Ennis book contains all of the trademarks of a good Ennis book set in modern times. Violence, male ass nudity, cursing, and plenty of British slang. One thing is bothering me though. Although this is the first issue in a series, it seems to be too much Garth Ennis. The British slang was a little too thick to allow me to slide into the plot and the characters. The cursing was fine and good, but is there an official limit to the amount of male ass nudity in the first issue of a comic. I suppose though that it is Garth Ennis. Maybe it will even out and turn into a pretty good book. His reality based comics are usually worth checking out the first few issues if nothing else but to see if they are to your liking. The first issue doesn’t compare to the sheer brilliance of the first issue of another recent release of his, Battler Britton but I think you should at least check out the first few issues. I am not the type of guy to give up on Garth after one issue.
 

Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.

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