by Jarrod Jones. As gender-flipped “men on a mission” yarns go, Savage Squad 6 takes a unique approach: the eponymous crew of hard-scrabble soldiers (Cap, Mags, Shells, Rosie, Hauser, Nat) are here to fill a gap created by The Scourge, a brutal military outfit who have been wiping out the fellas of fighting age in the post-war ruin of Earth. But, as we soon discover, the female soldiers of Savage Unit aren’t second-stringers; they’re the cure for what ails. Right now, the disease is radiation. Side-effects? Nuclear wolves, seen marauding the Chernobyl wastes and devouring all that blunder into their path.
World-building is strictly peripheral. The geopolitical landscape in the aftermath of the latest world war is vague, but it doesn’t look cozy. When you try to grasp what the colonies of this new world order are like and what they do to survive, a big shrug awaits. The Scourge are defined largely by their name alone. It’s all window-dressing, the type of blurry social backdrop you’ll find in action-adventure riots like Escape From New York and The Terminator. What’s important is the mission. Mission First, Mission Always.
The third issue of Savage Squad 6 finds the numbers of Savage Unit on the defensive. Those radioactive beasties are on the prowl and loom a bit larger than the standard lupine fare. As we see in the 5-page preview offered exclusively through Dark Horse Comics below, the numbers of Savage Unit have dwindled somewhat — what was once six is now four. Luckily, one of the surviving Savages carries a purportedly formidable ballistics arsenal. Will this crew of soldiers persevere and clear this ill-fated Chernobyl mission? Or will their mission go ka-blooey?
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From Dark Horse Comics: Hounded by monstrous predators, the remaining Savages make a desperate break for safety with their recovered nuclear cargo. As Nat struggles to keep the squad in one piece, the Savages come to a grim realization: running isn’t enough. The only way to survive is to stand and fight.
SAVAGE SQUAD 6 #3
Written by Robert Venditti and Brockton McKinney.
Art by Dalts Dalton.
Colors by Geraldo Filho.
Letters by Micah Myers.
Cover by Dalts Dalton.
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