Lobo's Back's Back!

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Summary: GREATEST LOBO STORY EVER
Review: I loved the original Lobo miniseries but this one was even better. This story is classic. In it Lobo dies while on a bounty hunting job and goes to heaven, hell and is eventually reincarnated. Its got some of the funniest lines I've eve read in comics. Bisley's art is also fantastic. The last issue was drawn by another artist who is also very good. Appearances are made by The Demon, Death, God and others. Its such a bizarre series, even among Lobo stories. If you like dark humour, get this. Its an absolute must-have!!!

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Summary: Wherever there's Lobo, there's mayhem
Review: Lobo gets unexpectedly fragged by one of the criminals he's hunting and his soul journeys from Heaven to Hell. As expected, ultra-violence follows. This book has absolutely no pretensions or philosophical musings on the impact of violence on society. It's just good, sick, gory fun. There are some laugh out moments as you would expect from the Main Man. This book is rated mainly on sheer entertainment, no points for relevance or breaking new ground in literature (as if). The reason why it didn't get the perfect score (in Lobo standards) is the art. It may not be the fault of DC to have two artists in this book (Simon Bisley, the quintessential Lobo artist, failed to meet deadlines or some other reason and DC was forced to replace him midway in the series), it's just that Bisley's replacement artist, suffers in comparison to the man who defined the Lobo look. But if you could look past it, it's a nice read.

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Summary: There are much better Lobo stories
Review: Lobo is an ultra powerfull bounty-hunter (he even fought Superman to a draw ones) with an awfully violent sense of humor. Next to that he looks the part: black leather, iron chains, bulky as hell and loving heavy metal. He is always on the look-out for victims that are worth a lot of 'credits', the way of payment in his realm. He disposes of them in the most brutal ways he can think off. The only important factor in his life is 'the main man', himself. If you're into bizar and ultra violent stories that remain humurous Lobo could be a good title to you ... generally.

About this particular book:
Lobo is low on credits and due to a deal he made with L.E.G.I.O.N. a short while ago there are little job-offers he is allowed to take. And thus he decides to go work FOR somebody for a change, instead of solely for himself. His assignment is to kill a creature who killed all bounty-hunters who came after him so far. The first time he rushes in and gets killed. But his mind is set on another chance and so he makes the man above send him back ... only the incarnations in which he is send back aren't exactly what he'd want them to be.

This book isn't a very good example of a 'fun' or well-told Lobo comic. There's TOO much graphic violence and too little of a storyline to hang it up on. Next to that it's hardly funny anywhere, something which Lobo comics aim for most of the time. It all seems like one big figthing sequence without a beginning and lacking an end. Next to that the art isn't suitable for this kind of comic. For humurous elements the art of Val Semeiks, the artist the on ongoing Lobo series, is much better. The art here is way too detailed and meant for 'goreness'.
People who are into Lobo (so, people who are into 'black humor') are better off getting some issues of the Lobo ongoing series or, if you completed that series already, 'Lobo: Portrait of a Victim'. The superior 'Hitman' series by Garth Ennis should also be seriously considered.