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I want to like this book a lot more. As a big fan of John Carpenter (Escape from NY being one of my personal favorites) I was looking forward to this more than Big Trouble in Little China. Like the BTiLC comic, this issue picks up where the film ended. The book feels like its trying to hit the same feel as the movie, however to me it feels to be missing something. I can't say it's the writing, as Snake is written with his usual "I don't care" attitude he has whenever he isn't saddled with an explosive or a fake virus. The pacing is fast and the art is okay but not great. Lots of random characters popping up but none stick around (even less than they do in the movie). The last third act in the issue seems like they're trying to sell you on Snake and make him the badass you already had accepted him as and comes off a bit choppy. Okay cliffhanger at the end though, although we all know how that will end (Bankok Rules probably). I don't know the level of involvement Carpenter may have had in this (he gave Boom an outline for the BTILC comic) but I haven't really been able to find any info like that for this book. All in all, It's an okay book, not bad but doesn't live up to the namesake in my opinion. Its fun, but it really doesn't stand out like it should.