Issue #3 sees Sgt. Rock and his troops back at headquarters. They've located Dr. Morrell, the personal physician of Hitler's. That means the Further can't be too far away. Armed with a new set of hi-tech (well, hi-tech for 1944) weapons and a plan, Easy Company must re-locate the Nazi doctor, follow him to the site where the undead are being produced and destroy it. Then, possibly kill Hitler if the chance arises.
Basically, we're back where we were at the end of the first issue. The only thing that has progressed is that the US Army knows what city/region the factory making the zombies is. The only thing that has changed is the tech now being welded by Rock's regiment of soldiers. Plus, by issue's end, Easy Co. will have split into 2 groups; one led by Sgt. Rock and one by his second-in-command, Bulldozer. After another run-in with some Nazi ghouls, Rock's group have uniforms to disguise themselves. So if we're lucky, issue #4 will actually start going somewhere.
This really isn't a bad story. It just keeps going around in circles. It reminds me of the classic Doctor Who TV series where episode one would set everything up, episode 2-5 would see the Doctor and his companions doing the same thing, over and over and over, and then the final episode of the story arc wraps everything up. If that's the way Bruce Campbell is doing things with this story, no wonder publishers like DC Comics are in trouble. Stop stretching things out in order to make a buck. Clean and concise is much more appreciated than a story with too many chapters that do nothing except repeat what happened up until that point.
More than anything, I just feel a little cheated having bought each issue new. But at least I supported my favorite LCS in the process. Supporting small businesses. That's something to cheer about even though it doesn't exactly help my wallet.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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