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    Samurai Jack #9
    Released by: IDW Publishing
    Released on: June 18th, 2014.
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    Written by Jim Zubkavich, Samurai Jack #9 brings on artist Ethen Beavers for the first time and it begins with Jack wandering through some overgrown ruins. As he strolls, he glances at the different pieces of ancient artwork on what's left of the structures and after removing a piece that looks suspiciously like the face of his arch-nemesis, the evil Aku, the ground starts to shake, the ruins start to tremble and an unseen force pulls him down into a crack that appears on the surface of the Earth.

    Here he comes face to face with some sort of robotic attack ship that heads towards him with obvious ill intent. A brawl ensues…

    This issue is light on story and heavy on action which leaves the heavy lifting to Beavers and he does well in this regard. The anime influence that was part of the series shows up here and while his take on the characters and the book's style doesn't deviate from those who illustrated the series before him, he shows great skill at panel layout and in conveying both movement and action. Once again colored by Josh Burcham there's some excellent use of mild, almost mellow green hues in the first half that are then dominated by heavy reds and blacks once the Earth opens up and swallows our hero.

    The story ends pretty abruptly but it does so on an effectively humorous note. It kinds of makes you wonder, however, what else could happen to Jack down here. Given that this appears to be a single issue story (there's no 'to be continued' at the end) we assume that in the next issue Jack will be wandering around some new location but there's potential, possibly of the untapped variety, to get him into some interesting trouble in a 'Middle Earth' type scenario. We'll find out what Zub has planned for things next month when the tenth issue streets. Until then, this is a fun issue, light on dialogue and heavy on action, that should satiate fans of both the original Cartoon Network animated series and this recent funny book reincarnation.






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