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    Blue Estate #1

    Blue Estate » Blue Estate #1 - The Rachel Situation released by Image on April 1, 2011.

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    The Rachel Situation last edited by spidl on 11/28/19 07:43AM View full history

    A powerhouse team of Hollywood and comic book veterans (along with special guest artists) presents a fast, funny, 100% cool new series for readers of all stripes. On the mean streets of Los Angeles, an alcoholic hit man and a desperate starlet dodge Russian mobsters, Italian gangsters, ninjas, hippies and the L.A.P.D. in a scheme to steal millions from a psychotic action movie hero. Featuring art by VIKTOR KALVACHEV (PHERONE, DMZ, The Incredibles), NATHAN FOX (Invincible Iron Man, Pigeons From Hell), TOBY CYPRESS (Batman/Nightwing), ROBERT VALLEY (Gorillaz, Tron), and written by Emmy Award winning screenwriter ANDREW OSBORNE.

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    It all begins with a dame. Fallen starlet RACHEL MADDOX storms into the office of low-rent private eye ROY DEVINE, JUNIOR, who quickly brings us up to speed on her case: Rachel is married to D-List action star BRUCE MADDOX...who’s laundering money for Russian crime czar VADIM RAZOV...who just did an arms deal with L.A. mob boss DON LUCIANO...who’s the target of an L.A.P.D. investigation by Roy’s supercop father, BIG ROY... and sexy Rachel’s got a few secrets of her own!

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    The Rachel Situation 0

    Written and illustrated by Viktor Kalvachev, Kosta Yanev, Andrew Osbourne, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox and Robert Valley- this comic looks and feels like a gritty murder mystery with (almost) all the right ingredients.  The Good  After hosting Image's WonderCon party this past weekend where we celebrated the release of four of their new titles, I figured it would be great to give a review for one of them. Blue Estate #1 is an all new series from IMAGE which is set in the present and takes cues from...

    10 out of 11 found this review helpful.

    Crime and Martial Arts 0

    Put together a private eye who´s inept, stupid and clumsy, a hot wife neglected over the years by her famous-actor-of-martial-arts with a tendency to homosexuality, the Russian Mob, the Cosa Nostra, a big police operation and you have the great plot of this comic book new miniseries from Image. I´ve picked this almost blindly, since I´ve never heard of the creative team and it was a shot in the dark right in the bullseye: amazing art, great dialogues, an intense dynamics, great distribution of p...

    4 out of 4 found this review helpful.

    Dun Dun! 0

    Cover:   I think the cover is extremely clever considering the internal contents of this issue.  It's certainly extremely fitting and well done, and the colors are awesome!  The Good:   The pacing is what's done best, giving you what you need to know when you need to know.  I do like the realism of this issue, and that it doesn't sugarcoat anything or beat around the bush with what isn't important.  I think there was a very interesting choice in the colors for some of these panels.  Story is v...

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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