 | By: Garth Ennis Binding: Paperback Publisher: DC Comics ISBN: 1563895099 ISBN-13: 9781563895098 Released: 07 Jul 1999 RRP: Average Rating:  |
The best example of the pox this dynamic writer-artist duo has unleashed upon the world of comics is the “Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium” story arc. The titular anti-hero Monaghan & a few of his fellows are hired to pop a mad scientist who turns the aquarium’s sea creatures into undead zombies. When a red-eyed army of seals, penguins, octopi, & other assorted marine fauna corners the protagonists, they’re forced to fight their way out-- with guns, clubs, & chainsaws. The ensuing carnage of cartoonish ultraviolence most likely put Ennis & McCrea on Greenpeace’s $#!+ list, & is one of the funniest freakin’ things I’ve ever experienced in alll my years of comic-book geekdom.
Also included in this TPB is Monaghan’s “team-up” with an overly verbose Green Lantern against a corrupt Gotham City police force & some shady government types, as well as a modern-day tribute to spaghetti westerns. While both yarns have more than their fair share of the kinda dark humor & over-the-top mayhem that have become Ennis’ bread & butter, the zombie aquarium adventure steals the show for me. Just make sure you don’t start on it ‘til your tree-hugger buddies have alll gone home…
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