Extra-Billy saves the day in Sharkey the Bounty Hunter No. 3!
Sharkey the Bounty Hunter is a man with a plan…sort of.
The allure of interstellar alcohol-related shenanigans is well-documented. From the various cantinas in Star Wars to the Holoband clubs of Battlestar Galactica, from Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon to the watering hole in Deep Space Nine, even the bar at Milliways shows that there’s something intriguing about grimy dives that keeps readers coming back. Bounty hunters seem to take up residence in those dingy booze-shacks quite often, and so perhaps the attraction has more to do with those sketchy individuals than with the places they’re sitting in. From infamous writer Mark Millar, artist and colorist Simone Bianchi (with assists from Simone Peruzzi), letterer Peter Doherty and variant cover artist Rafael Grampa comes Sharkey the Bounty Hunter, a thrilling and comical story about one man’s mission to make a lot of money and not worry too much about how he does it.
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Feisty terrorist grandmas abound in Sharkey the Bounty Hunter
At the end of the last issue, Sharkey thought he got the drop on Edra Deering, galactic terrorist, but it turned out she got the drop on him. This issue picks up right where things left off, with Deering holding a pistol to Sharkey’s back, about to kill him. After pulling some sweet moves, Sharkey the bounty hunter looks like he’s in trouble again when someone with a blaster takes down all of Deering’s thugs, missing Sharkey by inches. It turns out that the blaster belongs to Juda Cade, Sharkey’s ex-wife. She is also there for the bounty on Deering, and it’s clear she and Sharkey have fallen out of favor with each other. Deering does a Bishop and blasts them with the energy bolts she got shot with, escapes, and leaps into the sky; for a grandmother, she is quite spry. Sharkey wings her with a shot of his own, and they rush after her when she falls through a window into a skyscraper.
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Extra-Billy and Sharkey the Bounty Hunter are a good, if unwilling, team
Sharkey and Juda follow after Deering and get whooped on, barely surviving a grenade blast thanks to Juda’s energy shields. Deering truly escapes this time, and Sharkey and his ex are hauled into Star Patrol headquarters, where they are in big trouble for hunting bounties in a place that has made it illegal. The guards are giving Sharkey a hard time about his miserable life when Extra-Billy lets Sharkey know he has a plan to bust him out of space jail, which involves ramming the Snowcone (Sharkey’s ice cream truck spaceship) into the Star Patrol facility and having a shootout with the officers present. They escape by diving Snowcone underwater, and Sharkey reveals to Juda that he tagged Deering with a tracker, allowing him to follow her off-planet to retrieve the bounty, which was his plan all along. He agrees to split the bounty 60-40, her way, and they all head off after Deering.
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With unique art and a rollicking story, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter hits that feel-good spot that so many people have for outer space and vigilantism; think of this comic like a cross between Leon the Professional and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. There’s only supposed to be three more issues, so who knows what will happen next.Bbut Netflix is reportedly producing a live-action movie, which could be amazing. 8/10, recommended. Let us know what you thought in the comments section below.