It's all very nice that math genius Jack Beans is following through on his "kill them all" solution to the "a crime family is trying to kill me" equation, but everyone makes mistakes, and Jack knows that mistakes always...ALWAYS...catch up to you. One fingerprint left behind, and now it's not just the Pinafore Crime Family on his trail, but an entire city's police force as well! The big odds keep getting bigger!
Each issue of A CALCULATED MAN features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!
I enjoyed the first issue a good bit but this one really cemented my enjoyment in a larger way. The addition of Vera and getting past the setup phase of it all helped a whole lot and made it a lot more engaging. Jack is a delight as he tries to be truthful while also hiding things so openly that you have to admire it even if it could blow up in his face spectacularly. It's got a lot of well-executed moments in terms of character but it also delivers that right in the action department as well. It's really smartly done and hopefully avoids the trap of being too smart for itself as it progresses. Read Full Review
It's a series built around the charms of a particularly uncharming character, making reading it a dense chore. Read Full Review
I honestly like this series a lot. I liked this issue just as much if not more than the first. It's really not a trailblazing comic that's doing somwthing wildly different but, it does what it does in a great way.