A review by librarianryan
A Legacy of Violence Vol. 1 by Rus Wooton, Cullen Bunn, Andrea Mutti

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 

This is a gruesome and very graphic novel. It is not for the faint of heart.  It is a graphic, graphic novel, full of bloody body horror. This book takes place at various time periods time. In 1966,  and in two different 1985 within two weeks of each other. In 1966, as a child, Dr. Shaw found a film strip about something called unit 731. We don’t know what that was. In 1985, in Atlanta  strange murders were taking place and it sent Dr. Shah way from the hospital and into the arms of doctors without borders. While in Honduras, the same type of gruesome murders are happening again. The reader is treated to knowledge of someone who wears a punisher type mask and he has nefarious and evil plans, but no idea why. Dr. Shaw has run away from what happened in Atlanta just to find out it’s happening again and unit 731 keeps coming up. This is only 90 pages and there’s not enough to tell you what is happening. However, it’s enough to get you intrigued to say I need a volume two. I want to know what’s going on because certain characters aren’t what they seem and who is the man behind the basket, and what happened to Dr. Shaw. I need to know!