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Artwork: 3
Story: 3

Dark, perverted, twisted, kinky, bizarre... but poorly written.

This would make a great B-movie sexploitation horror flick, like terrific, but it just doesn't have the mileage in this format. It was disjointed, confusing and hackneyed. The characters were paint-by-numbers cliches, although the plot reveal was surprising (I had no background knowledge of the story whatsoever). This is early Chaykin so I have hope for the rest of his work. ( )

A lost "classic" that's quite unique in its dedication to depravity. It takes overtly sexual fiction to a whole new dimension, disturbing for the depth and breadth of its imagination more than the graphic depictions (which are, for the most part, fairly tame.) And yet, it's all a not-too-bad noir story. I kind of respect that. My chief complaint is that Chaykin's command of the comic as a medium isn't very confident: his line work, composition, and panelling are often quite confusing and hard to follow. Add the numerous one-sided conversations in this story, and you'll be doing a lot of backtracking to sort out what the heck just happened.

And just in case it's not yet clear, this is XXX material. Do not go into it lightly. ( )