Join us in a review of Crossed Volume 1 . This is a story of extreme zombie horror by Garth Ennis and Jacen Borrows. Follow a group of "Crossed" survivors through an dramatic and psychotic tale. Horror fans should enjoy this book. Crossed is published by Avatar Press.  

The inspiration Christos Cage, for his action packed, psychological ongoing nine issue comic mini-series “Absolution” is the southern mantra, “Some people just need killing.”  Also known as “street justice,” it is when an individual seemingly has the righteous responsibility to fatally punish an individual for a crime committed.  The rationale has been used in successful court cases in Texas even today first dating back to famous successful self defense case of gunslinger “John Wesley Hardin.”  It is a common theme in American literature, found in classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird, and modern classics like to “A Time to Kill.” 

In comics “street justice” is not a new theme either.  The hero is already taking the role of law enforcer into his own hands, why not the role of law judicator as well?  Although normally it is the “line that is never crossed” even as old as the clique goes.  I actually am not the only reader who has ever thought, if the Joker escapes a hundred times and kills one person each time at what point does the body count become Batman fault for not giving the Joker that one extra kick to the head he deserves?  (Or is truly asking for??)

There are rare exceptions to this case, most famously with Marvel’s anti-hero, “The Punisher” but there have been other notable examples; one other great example of a renegade hero is J. Micheal Stratackynki’s “Supreme Power” character NightHawk.  (Check of the six issue mini-series, Supreme Power: NightHawk.) Yet the premise is almost always very one dimensional, a non-apologetic revenge story.  I have come across nothing as fresh and cerebral as Christos Cage new six-part mini-series “Absolution.”