Maverick - Little Black Book

[C.O.E]

I kind of expected some comedy in this book, considering the main title included "AND FRIENDS", but I wasn't expecting Mr. Rothen to get a permanent headache reliever on page 6. When I saw him waking up, I figured Ravager would knock him back out or dome something more slapstick, but nope; he just adds some shades of red to the painting behind him. Kind of took me by surprise. I also didn't expect Maverick's response to be so nonchalant. I'm a big fan of dark comedy, however, so keep the jaws droppin' with the bullets poppin'.

After Ravager's encounter with Maverick, for some reason, I pictured him as someone who would continuously attempt to kill or one-up Maverick, only to constantly fail, over and over again, in somewhat comedic fashion. Kind of like a Project A-Ko scenario, or as the "Ultimate Sabertooth" to Maverick's "Ultimate Wolverine".

I'm sure someone mentioned it already, but the Vigil/Maverick cross-over on page 14 was a nice touch. Who doesn't enjoy a good tie-in?

The only thing I found odd, was how Hatchet kept his gun in-hand, even after entering the house. I'm not sure if it's suppose to signify his cautious/paranoid personality or if he just likes to carry it around for the intimidation factor. Either one would probably fit his character, now that I think of it.

[vale]

There's comedy to some extent in all of our titles, but I always like to push the bar where that's concerned and the title (which incidentally started as it's working title) just seemed to fit the style of the story. Her "friends" might be better described as "annoying people she is affiliated with" and lets face it, that's not quite as snappy as a title.

It's not all laughter though as you soon found out. Ravager is but one of many trigger happy mercs that are running amok around the London area and Mav is going to have to accept their shoot first ask questions later methods. Maverick's reaction to Ravager shooting Rothen may have come across as nonchalant but maintaining her cool hard exterior around this guy was of upmost importance. She probably didn't care about Rothen but she didn't want to see him with his brains splattered across the decor either.

Ravager's no chump either. Maverick only got the jump on him so quickly because he wasn't expecting company on this job and he didn't know what she was capable of. Their next meeting might prove to be a little different. Either way, you've not seen the last of him.

Glad you enjoyed our first mini crossover. That was fun to do and was a nice little nod to each Kostmeyer's and my respective titles.

Lastly - Hatchet's gun. What you have to understand is that Hatchet likes his weapons...a lot. Plus he likes the way he looks holding one whether he needs it or not. Hatchet is silly. Think Jayne from Firefly mixed in with a bit of Spike from Buffy, Christian from WWE and you'll be about there. Anyway you want to look at it, he has a gun in his hand because he just does. lol.

Thanks for the killer revue. Glad you're enjoying the story so far.

[Ashley]

hatchet is cross of jayne spike and christian all rolled into one?How can one character maintain that much awesome.I can otally imagine him with christians face

[vale]

He is a whole bundle of awesome but a whole bunch of pain in the ass as well. Yeah I imagine him to look pretty much like Christian, I've had that in my mind for the longest time. Glad you like him.