I have enjoyed most of the Thunderbolts volumes through all of their various incarnations. The recent theme of Luke Cage running a group of "Dirty Dozen" criminals out of Riker Island. Oddly, Cage makes no appearance at all in this volume, perhaps his agent told him to take a pass during the "Fear Itself" story arc.
Although the book features good appearances by Moonstone, Troll girl, and USAgent (a good role for the retired and maimed hero), the story is harmed by the "Fear Itself" story requirements. We watch a prison break AGAIN? I wish this volume had not been saddled with the story arc. This is what happens when lawyers and management interfere with the writing process, and it shows here. So why do I still give this four stars? I'll give some examples of the bad and the good:
Juggernaut is being taunted by two guards when he receives a hammer from Sin. This was really stupid, as I cannot imagine any guard no matter what the pay taunting the Juggernaut for any reason. The hammer that Sin gives Juggernaut looks just like the one Mario uses from Super Mario Brothers. I guess it was easier to draw that way, but it sure looks silly.
Even sillier is Juggernauts new "Fear Itself" look. The replaced his eye slots with triple dots. I am not sure how this improves his visibility, to make him blind. Now that he is possessed by Sin, he lumbers around all the time with his mouth hanging wide open for no reason. He really looks like Pac-Man, wanting to gobble people up. Maybe the Pac-Man look ties into the Super Mario hammer.
Even dumber was the brief panel sequence showing the escape of the Wrecking Crew, with one member noting to his pals that he retrieved all their magical wrecking crew weapons, conveniently located near their cells. At this point I completely lost disbelief. This was so stupid, they should let the criminals go and lock Luke Cage and the rest of his trusted heroes up in Rikers for being so incredibly clueless. Why didn't they store these weapons on the other side of the planet?
All of the preceding complaints take place over a very few pages. The rest of the book is the reason I give it overall four stars. Thank goodness we had a few redeeming points with Satana (deliciously misinterpreting what Moonstone wants to show her), and the Troll girl having their moments. Saving the whole volume is how the writer managed to work in the phrase "Giant Size Man-Thing" into actual dialogue. That one will go down in the ages as an all-time classic line, making Thunderbolts a continued must-read.
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