Aug 2015
The Man Who Stole the World - Part 1
By Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser
Velvet Templeton travels to Hungary. She approaches Maximillion Dark, an American secret agent. She hopes he can help her figure out what Agent X-14 was investigating or working on when he was killed.
Prior to talking to Dark she spent 3 months in Paris. She dyed her hair gray and worked as a temp in the financial sector at Titanic Holding. The company has connections to spy agencies. Both X-14 and her husband were looking into it before they were killed. She seduces the lead accountant of a firm with connections to Titantic Holding. She convinces him to make a trip to the United States. They fly on a private jet. Before the plane lands she jumps out and flies to the group using the flying suit.
The next night she meets up with Dark in Gramercy Park. He has stolen some paperwork for her. She’s hoping to find some clue as to what X-14 was up to in the paperwork. She accompanies Dark back to his place. She leaves while he is asleep, after they have sex. She’s learned enough. The paperwork was too clean. It had been scrubbed. She tails Dark to a phone booth where he makes a phone call. He believes he has her trust. He’s working for someone else, possibly Damian Lake.
Feels good to be back to reading Velvet. The story wouldn't be quite so satisfying if it wasn't for the spectacular art by Epting and Breitweiser. The colors change throughout this issue but always seem spot on. I like the occasional use of inset panels. I have high hopes for how this story will end.
Some of my other favorites written in whole or in part by Ed Brubaker:
- Daredevil
- The Fade Out
- Gotham Central
- Sleeper
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