Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer #3 (of 4)

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciler: Yanick Paquette
Inker: Serge LaPointe
Colors: Alex Sinclair

Alix Harrower, the Bulleteer, takes a job as bodyguard for a mermaid at a superhero convention. While there she learns a little about the ins and outs of the superhero biz from third-stringer, Mind Grabber Man. Plus, the Spyder shows up on a deadly mission and Alix finally confronts Sally Sonic, the woman who turned Alix’s husband against her.

Bulleteer is definitely one of my top favorites of the awesome Seven Soldiers minis, just behind Manhattan Guardian and Frankenstein. Every time you turn around it seems like Grant Morrison has found another unique way to explore and dissect the superhero genre. In my book no one can make superhero comics seem as fresh and interesting as Morrison can. With Bulleteer he examines the underbelly of the superhero community, where has-beens and never-weres dress up in their costumes, attend superhero conventions and get drooled over by superhero fans and wannabes, and lament the fact that they could have been part of the Justice League if only this or that.

It’s obvious from the first several issues that Alix herself is destined for much greater things, but for now she’s just starting out and has to spend her time amongst the third-stringers. It’s interesting to see a superhero’s rise in this fashion as she climbs the ladder one rung at a time. And it’s fun to watch as she stumbles, almost by accident, into one incident after another, growing more accustomed to the weirdness that is now her life, whether she wants to or not.
 

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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