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A former field agent for MI6, Michael Jones was the first
surviving victim of the Desolation Test, a radically dangerous
procedure cooked up by the British government. Jones was intravenously
kept alive while being force-fed a steady diet of horrific
data and images non-stop as stimulants were continuously pumped
into his body - keeping him conscious and alert for a sold
year. Now retired from the agency, Jones lives in Los Angeles,
acting as a private investigator to the secret underground
community of ex-spooks who have come in from the cold, and
who have no one else to turn to...
Made
in England reprints
issues #1-6 of Warren Ellis's Desolation Jones comic
book series. We are introduced to Michael Jones, a man whose
brain and body have been irrevocably altered by a mysterious,
yearlong experiment called the 'Desolation Test'. A former
spy, Jones has moved to Los Angeles, which has become home
for all manner of former spooks.
Hired
by a rich and secretive patriarch to retrieve a priceless
lost pornographic film starring Adolf Hitler, Jones becomes
embroiled in a Chandleresque plot of murder, mischief and
mayhem. But Jones has no time for any of it - and a very short
fuse.
Ellis
creates an intriguing universe in this collection - one that
slowly unfolds as the story progresses. We are introduced
to a number of mutants, my favourite being the rather sad
Emily Crowe - another ex-agency member whose operation went
wrong. Instead of being the perfect honey trap by producing
a vast quantity of sex-trigger pheromones into the air to
attract her prey, she has the opposite effect. This arachnid
reaction means that even though she is beautiful she makes
everyone's skin crawl - no one can stand to be anywhere near
her - which makes a physical relationship impossible for the
poor woman.
While
Jones and his type appear to be freaks of nature, we soon
discover that there are more sick weirdoes on the streets
of LA than we'd ever thought possible as Jones is sent all
over the city in search of the rare and bizarre pornographic
film.
A
fantastic collection that is bursting with surprises.
Ray
Thomas
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