Release: October 19th 2021
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Amazon
Find it at: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N
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The next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here!
“Oh man, this book pushed every crime fiction button for me… Bliss.”
– Patton Oswalt
Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.
It’s 1988 and Ethan is in charge of his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul. How hard could that be, right? Only what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn, and find Ethan risking everything that still matters to him.
Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS, PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, — and a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans!
About the Author:
Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer. His birth was at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Brubaker is one of the best comic book writers with such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet . Marvel’s movies featuring his co-creation, The Winter Soldier, became international blockbusters.
Ed lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their crazy dog, where he works in comics, film, and television. Besides, he was a writer and Supervising Producer for the first season of HBO’s WESTWORLD, and is the co-creator and co-writer of TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG with Nicolas Winding Refn.
Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book Review:
“Destroy All Monsters” is the first book I read of the series, but it was terrific, and I could not put it down.
I have not read the Reckless series’s previous two books, but I had no trouble following this. The highlight of the story is in the two leads. The relationship that Ethan and Anna’s share is lovely. Their relationship is one that I found hard to categorize because it was not romantic or paternal. It was a blend between the two, but the author wrote it nicely. Ethan feels protective over Anna and wants only the best for her, even when she dates someone as annoying as Dmitri.
Moreover, I enjoyed how the creators paced the story. I could not put the graphic novel down in the second half, especially when the duo track Runyan and try to bring him down. Some of the scenes were intense, and I wondered how they would get through the situation. There are some surprising twists and turns that I did not expect that added to the intensity of the storyline.
Moreover, the illustrations are excellent and give a vintage feel as you read the story. The character’s expressions are raw and gripping and make you feel like watching a classic retro action movie.
The only aspect I was not keen on was the side story with the Case of the Dirty Diapers. While I understand the reasoning behind the story, I felt it was unnecessary and staggered from the plot. Instead, it would have been nice if we had a background history between Ethan and Anna individually.
Overall, I enjoyed reading “Destroy All Monsters,” and I cannot wait for the continuation to see what happens to Anna.
