One of the great joys of getting these Comics Cubes from Half-Price books, usually for around $10, is the joy of discovering what's inside!
In my newest show on Super Comic Fun Time! on YouTube (sadly Vid.me is no more, gone before I could even post longer content!), Breakout! I discovered a few, what I had hoped to be, gems amidst the flood of gems.
One of these was called The Living End, published by dead fish comics and featuring great cover art of a superhero saying, "If I'm dead...Then why am I still alive?!" And also a line above the title blaring, "Nature's cruelest hoax!" And finally a crawl promising, "This Comic Will Blow Your Mind!"
The cover does a very good job of doing what a good comic book cover should do, it grabs your attention and even though it is over the top and ridiculous, it makes you want to pick it up and read it.
And read it I did!
The story is broken into five chapters:
Fate of the Damned!
Challenge of the Turnips!
Yonder My Enemy!
When Titans Tussle...in BED!
Fate of the Damned! starts with the death of main character, Greg Yeoman after he served to miss a turtle crossing the road. As Greg lay dying we learn that the turtle is none other than...Well we don't know but an ancient hero who was long ago transformed into a turtle. Because of Greg Yeoman's selfless attempt to miss hitting the turtle, the turtle calls the dying man back to life and grants him super powers, transforming Greg into The Living End!
Sadly, Greg only has the powers, and his life between the hours of sundown to sunset.
Unfortunately for the turtle, Greg is a little upset at him for causing his death and he boots the turtle high into the air.
Next in the Challenge of the Turnips, Greg decides he wants to try out his new superpowers by transforming a turnip truck into a chicken, unfortunately, it is the same night a gang of turnip thieves have decided to rob the turnip truck.
The Living End easily defeats the bad guys but his deed of heroism is witnessed by a beautiful woman. The two hit it off and head back to her place.
In the meantime, in Yonder My Enemy, the turtle lands in France, a little bummed out because he thought Greg Yeoman would be so grateful to have his life back he would transform the turtle back into is former heroic state. And again, unfortunately, the turtle lands in front of a cave inhabited by the turtle's ancient enemy. Doubly unfortunate is the writers hadn't yet decided who this supreme supervillain is yet. And so we leave the turtle in a state of indenture.
Finally we return to our hero in his new girlfriend's apartment. Deidre Kelly (the girlfriend) suggests ordering a pizza but why order a pizza when The Living End can conjure on magically and impress his new girlfriend at the same time?
After dinner we find our hero and heroine playing a game that ends up with them in bed. Only what will happen when the sun rises?
Past this we get some nonsense from Greece and then a deleted scene that was probably never in the story in the first place.
My thoughts on this is it is pretty good. It's pretty fun. I think the story could be better if the writers had shown some restraint but luckily when recapitulating the story, I don't remember much of the over-the-top stuff.
I don't know if there were any more issues because there appears to be a very popular Australian punk rock bad by the same name.
Even though I more or less spoiled the story up above I still think this comic is worth getting if you can. The cover art alone is worth it and it is kind of a fun send up.
I hope these writers and artists have worked on other comics and that they have refined their style. I think played a little straighter this would truly be "The Single Greatest Comic Book Ever!" as is also promised on the cover.
Be sure to check out SCFT's new show, Breakout too!
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