In many ways, Skullkickers by Jim Zubkavich and Edwin Huang reminds me of the recent Pak/Van Lente run on Incredible Hercules. There's the fast-paced buddy-adventure, the ridiculous SFX, the goofy comedy, and a great sense of fun. That's about where the similarities end though as Skullkickers is definitely its own beast. Set in a world that will seem familiar to fans of World of Warcraft, the book tells a fun romp of two buddies doing all they can to get by. A fun gimmick that Zubkavich uses here is to not give either of his protagonists names yet, allowing their actions to define the characters. It's an experiment that mostly works, but it does make it hard to describe the book in reviews with any consistency. For the purposes of this review, we're going to call the short, feisty, hairy fella MacDwarf and the tall, pistol-slinging, bald guy Baldy. I'm just full of creativity today, aren't I?
