Nov 2015
The Man Who Stole the World - Part 2
By Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser
Velvet Templeton travels to Washington, D.C. with Max. ARC-7 sends Colt (X-33) to recover Velvet. He has his doubts about her motives and goals. The CIA comes after Velvet in Washington, D.C. She fights them off with a little help from Max. She doesn’t trust him entirely. She can't afford to so she lies to him and sets up a diversion without telling him.
She tries to fill in the missing pieces by interviewing someone who X-14 was keeping tabs on, Rachel Tanner, a Diplomat’s assistant. Just as she’s starting to ask Rachel some inportant questions Damian Lake shows up.
Lots of setup here. There’s just one fight, when CIA agents try apprehending Velvet. Aside from that it is a much more low key issue. She deals with Max, goes looking for information which leads her to Rachel, which in turn leads her to Damian Lake. It feels a bit like Lake is playing her. Did he want her to lead him to Rachel Tanner? I’m still enjoying the story as it builds to the end. If I know Brubaker the end will have a cerebral twist just like most of his other works do.
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