Time to wind up that phonograph and suck down that bathtub gin because “Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #2†has arrived for your depression era pulp reading pleasure.
In this issue we get to meet Lobster Johnson and all of his contacts. We also get to see some new villains that scream typical 1930s pulp. Although there is one at the end that you’ll instantly fall in love with. It’s a solid issue with some cool action, good pacing and nicely introduced characters. There’s also another pulp comic staple: the seemingly bulletproof hero. This may be a power or just a trick Johnson has. We have yet to find out.
Cindy Tynan is still around although she takes a back seat in this issue to Johnson and his gang.
The artwork is still very good. It looks likes a throwback to the good old days where pulp comics were everywhere. Zonjic still has a good eye for keeping details with how the ’30s looked and you will think you are in fact reading this comic in that era. He’s that good.
The only real problem with this issue is the new character Kamala. She doesn’t come off as all that interesting and more like your typical Asian pulp villain that we can see what will happen to her from a mile away. There’s even a scene where she is being “close†to one of the new characters that is typical in any Bond movie. This character needs some kind of development or else she will be forgotten quickly.
“Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #2†continues to impress and delight fans of pulp comics. Despite one lackluster new character, both the story and art are good and make up for it.
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