by Darwin Cooke
Book Two: Stark
This chapter is a bit all over the place. There are a number of locations and two narrators: Stark and Selina. It is all about landing the heist after they recruit one more person.
It opens with a meeting in Miami Beach between Selina and Stark. He narrates this scene. In the middle of it there a flashback to years before in Gotham City. Back then they were a team. They were lovers and he taught her all about breaking and entering. It didn’t work out in the end. In the present Stark is ready to say “no” to the heist but she she asks so nicely that he can’t resist.
Selina returns to Gotham. She pays Swifty a visit. He tells her that someone has been looking for her, a private eye by the name of Slam Bradley. She files the information away and heads to Las Vegas for another meeting with Stark.
They recruit Jeff in Vegas. He’s much younger than Stark, probably younger than Selina. They talk a little shop before parting ways to take care of some errands. Jeff picks up some equipment that conveniently falls off the back of a truck. Selina heads to Gotham to surprise Slam. Stark visits an arms dealer in Death Valley. They rendezvous in Utah where they test the equipment that Jeff acquired. They work out the details of how to get on the train carrying the money they plan to steal and off, without stopping the train.
The chapter ends with a scene back in Gotham. Chantel is visiting Falcone. He has caught on to her thieving ways and beats her up. It is unclear if she survives the beating.
There’s a lot in this chapter. I like the art but I think I would prefer it if the visual storytelling was given a little more room to breathe. So far I don’t love the story.
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