Evil Will Always Triumph Over Good…

Posted by Dustin Christian

November 2, 2007

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I’m a few weeks behind, so I only finished the first issue of Necessary Evil, from Desperado Publishing, a few days ago. I’m always interested in stories told from a villain’s perspective, especially the recent ones like Villains United or the recent issues of JLA and Green Lantern from DC or the How To Succeed in Evil podcasts (and future comic!) from Patrick McLean that explore what it would be like if villains ever got smart and started working together, so Necessary Evil was in as soon as I realized what it was about.

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The main characters are Miller and Jacob, twin sons of the woman who was once “The Greatest Supervillain who ever lived”, until she was killed by a superhero during a bank robbery. The boys grow up in foster homes, hating superheroes and wanting revenge, though one is a lot more zealous than the other. They presumably did get to stay together, since they both receive the same invitation to join the Necessary Evil Academy, a school for supervillains, which is the basic plot of the first issue. There appear to be aspiring villains from every type of background – legacy villains and prospective villains sponsored by corporations and countries, so this comic has definite potential.

Since this was mostly just a set-up issue, Joshua Williamson doesn’t have a lot of room to shine, but he does a good job of setting up the plot and intrigue, more than enough to keep me coming back. I don’t really focus too much on art, but I know what I like, and this book looks very nice.

In short, I like this book and I imagine I’ll be sticking around for the entire run.

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Continuing in the villainy vein, I also just finished Abyss, from Red 5 Comics and the creators of Troops and Star Wars: Tag and Bink, which are both basically comics featuring behind the scenes characters from Star Wars full of in-jokes and general goofiness, I think. I hate to admit it, but I haven’t read either of those comics.

If anyone knows where I can get them in trade, send me an email, would ya?

Anyway, Abyss is about the unwitting son of an evil genius who inherits all of his father’s wealth and extensive holdings, including his evil lair, when his father “dies”. When he discovers that his father was a supervillain, he tries to undo his evil schemes.

With hilarious results.

The comic is full of little in-jokes, as you would expect. I won’t ruin any of them, because discovery is half the fun, but I will tell you to pay close attention to the backgrounds.

I’ll be honest, this comic is not usually my thing. Deadpool even gets old to me sometimes, but I really enjoyed this issue. Since it’s only 4 issues, I think I’ll definitely be riding this series out.

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