Sloboda, Paul – Salvager Kain #5

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Salvager Kain #5

Hey look, a multi-part storyline!  Technically I think that’s what you call a “series”, which is what this already is, but who am I to quibble?  In this issue Kain runs into a couple of adventurers (and their intern) after he makes it to the caverns.  After seeing the massacre that they’ve committed (and being quickly disabused of the notion that the creatures attacked the adventurers first), Kain starts trying to figure a way out of his situation, which is helped immensely by the fact that the main adventurer is insane.  It’s another solid issue, and while very little happens on the “moving the story forward” end of things, the dialogue between everybody involved is brilliant, and who could blame them for massacring such an obviously dangerous band of creatures as we can see in the sample?  On top of all this (which, I feel compelled to mention, is available for free and in color through the link at the top of the page), there’s a fantastic recap to the story from the bees in the last issue, and a epilogue of sorts from Paul where he tells us all about himself.  As of this moment (12/5/09) there are only two new pages from the next issue up at his website, but seeing this issue in full color is thoroughly impressive, and the couple of pages available already show that Kain is thoroughly tired of being kicked around.  Check it out and see for yourself, this issue is $3.