Comic Review: Die!Die!Die! #3

Die!Die!Die! #3

Image Comics

Writer: Robert Kirkman & Scott M. Gimple

Artist: Chris Burnham

I was very lukewarm on Die!Die!Die! #1 and then became fully on-board with issue #2. It hit its stride and broke away from the comic book norm. The action was so deliciously over-the-top, and the comedy was so cheesetastic 80s. I was hoping for more of what issue #2 gave me than the first. That said, I am excited to bring you this particular review.

A lot happened in the closing pages of the last issue, and it has not been forgotten here, but this issue plays more to Kirkman’s strengths. Senator Connie Lipshitz has been sprinkled throughout the previous chapters, but here she gets her time to shine. While on the way to a…party…Connie and her husband talk about the last mission and where she stands on making America great…again. She has never been shown in a good light, but here she makes us all look at her differently. This scene is the highlight of this issue and would have been enough for me, but that is not Kirkman’s style. Nate is off on a side-mission while is partner heals up. Paul is also around, and we now know he has two identical brothers and that plot was put to good use in the last issue. A well placed, and much-needed scene, showing Nate and his daughter was charming and much appreciated by me. The issue ends where you think it would, and we are left waiting another month for and much-anticipated issue #4.

As I have said in previous reviews, I am not sure who is taking the dialogue work in the series. The first two issues did not feel like Kirkman. This one feels like it has his fingerprints all over it. The long conversation between Senator Lipshitz and her husband was a joy to read. It just felt too good not to be Robert Kirkman. If it was Scott Gimple, then I applaud him. This was top-notch writing and brings the Senator from 2D to 3D for the readers. The action scenes were so well placed and spliced well with Paul leaving the hospital that it feels like a larger issue than it is. The pace of this series has been break-neck so far, and I doubt it changes.

Chris Burnham has been impressing me with his art in the series. He must have grown up with action flicks like a lot of us did. The action is very reminiscent of them, but even the character designs seem like bad-ass characters from the movies. I know that the story is headed for more action and I can’t wait to see what Burnham gives us in the future. It almost seems like a passion project for him.

Die!Die!Die! #3 is a perfect continuation from issue #2. It gives us so much content in its pages and not a panel is wasted. The last issue was bursting with action, and this issue is building characters while still giving you some of the combat and blood that it does so well. If you didn’t get in on the ground floor, then start now. I highly recommend this series for nearly everyone, but please get through the first two issues before you give up.