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Secret Six: Unhinged (2009)

by Gail Simone(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1848563566 (ISBN13: 9781848563568)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Titan Publishing Company

series

Secret Six

review 1: No. I've read a lot of Gail Simone, and I can't believe this received and average of 4+ stars. It was boring, the characters weren't at all gripping, and a "get-out-of-hell free card?" Ugh. Who cares about anything that happens to anyone in this story arc. No one is compelling, funny, tragic, interesting, weird, etc. It feels like filler until the next Birds of Prey arc would happen. Don't read this.
review 2: Very well written and entertaining book, though there is one thing about the McGuffin that caught my attention, but which nobody brought up.[spoiler]So, the McGuffin is a Get-out-of-Hell Free Card. Literally. So, you've gotten out of Hell. That doesn't mean they'll let you into Heaven. If you have a Catholic view of the afterlife, then you may stil... morel be okay, as you get to do time in Purgatory until you have balanced the proverbial scales. However, if you're taking a Protestant, Purgatory-free view of the afterlife, then you're boned, because that means if you're lucky your soul will be forced to wander the earth for all eternity until something disperses it. If you're unlucky, your soul will be dispersed into the void.Worse, if any of the villains going after this card have loved ones, if their loved ones are also in The Business, there's a distinct chance that their loved one is going to Hell too. This means that they will also be separated for all eternity. Even if one goes to Heaven and the other goes to Hell, I'd say it's a safe bet that Heaven wouldn't be that fun if you don't have your main squeeze murderous thug to share it with. And that doesn't even get into kids.Honestly, the only two DC Villains who I could say would really benefit from this card, off the top of my head, would be Cheshire (because of Arsenal and Lian) or Cluemaster (because of Stephanie Brown).[/spoiler] less

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