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21 Down: the Conduit.(Book Review)
JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY AND JESOS SAIZ. Wildstorm/DC Comics, $19.95 paper (176p) ISBN 1-4012-0120-2
On his 20th birthday, Preston Kills receives a birthday card telling him he will die when he turns 21; his world then goes haywire with strange events and shady characters, but it also holds the promise of redemption. This is a noir action series about a gifted and cursed man with superpowers who is anything but a hero. The artists render the story against a gritty urban backdrop, in vibrant colors and a clean, slick representational style that makes good use of lights and darks to convey an ominous tone. A tattoo artist leading an apathetic, nondescript life, …
