This Week in Highlighting (10/7 Edition)

Killing is Easy; the Hard Part is Forgiving

Every week, we send out our amazing newsletter¹ that outlines everything coming in to our store, some exciting comic news, and any important information the Swap needs to let you know. Additionally, every week, we highlight some of the incoming items that we are particularly excited about. These are usually items we love, though sometimes they're just items we're excited about or items we think our customers will be excited about.² Every now and then, someone asks us why we recommend what we recommend. This new addition to the Comic Swap blog will provide exactly that service.

This week's column is dedicated to:


Absolution #2 from Avatar Press by Christos Gage and Roberto Viacava.³ Absolution is a comic book about a superhero that decides to take the law (and criminals' lives) into his own hands. But it wouldn't be worth reading if it didn't handle the subject matter differently than other books that have done similar things in the past⁴, and Absolution certainly does that. In this book, our superhero is fully sanctioned by (and works hand in hand with) the police. He wears a badge, he fills out paperwork, he goes to trials...in short he sees all the ins and outs of the justice system, and he's fed up. After watching too many criminals walk free, he decides to take the law into his own hands and watches a criminal die. And he likes it.

Absolution is about a serial killer who also happens to be a cop and a superhuman. Comparisons to Dexter and Irredeemable are inevitable, but what you'll find in Absolution is a compelling, well-written, well-drawn book about a truly conflicted man who wanted to make the world better and found it just a bit too soul-crushing to see the worst in people day in and out. This is only the second issue; the first issue (and the brief, cheap, prequel issue) are available and on our shelves if you'd like a primer. Check it out!

Here are some puppies.


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2 How do we know what you're excited about? Mind reading, suckers!
3 That's a Jacen Burrows cover for those keeping track at home.
4 Black Summer, Irredeemable, No Hero, Punisher, Boys, even Spawn maybe?