Issues 1 & 2
Story: Malachai Nicolle (age 8)
Pencils, inks, and lettering: Ethan Nicolle (age 31)
Colors: Dirk Erik Schulz (age 29)
Review: Cody "Madman" Miller
Axe Cop first appeared three years ago as a web comic by brothers Malachai (age 5 at the time) and Ethan Nicolle. Dark Horse picked it up, and well, here we are.
Malachai creates the world, and the insanely wonderful characters, and his big brother brings his younger brother’s imagination to life. Is it funny or is it sad that an eight year old is a more entertaining writer than half the writers working for the big 2? Malachai never disappoints. In every issue, he throws a new fantastic hero or villain at you…and his big brother can draw a very good boss….
In the first issue of “President of the World,” Axe Cop is made; you guessed it, president of the world. We are graced by the first appearance of Goo Cop, a man made entirely of green goo. Goo Cop can turn his arm into a goo cannon that shoots mind controlling goo loogies. Goo Cop becomes the first member of Axe Cop’s bad guy bashing crew.
Next, we meet Junior Cobb. Junior is a talking Gorilla who happens to have robotic gun fists; can grow as big as he wants, and he can also shoot anything he wants out of the gun on his tail (awesome). He has already produced jet airplanes and a volcano, with said tail cannon. For villains, in issue #1, we get evil aliens and an army of evil robotic penguins...not a bad start at all.
In issue #2, we learn that over a zillion bad guys are attacking Earth. That’s a zillion vs. three, if you’re keeping score. Enter Chee-Rex, a giant, motorcycle riding monster that is half cheetah and half T-Rex who can shoot you into space with his spring tongue. Enter a pair of blood thirsty robot brothers that kill the devil and the evil aliens are back shooting up a “Wall Mart”.
If you love to laugh and to be entertained, then you NEED to read this book. It’s true, the only reason I pre-ordered the first issue was because it was written by an 8 year old, but the reason I ordered the second issue and added it to my pull list was because it’s damn good. Just in case you are not convinced to spend the $3.50; cleansing the Before Watchmen stench off your soul, let me recap. Cop with an axe, talking gorilla with gun fists, evil aliens, evil robot penguins, the devil, gorilla with gun fists………… gorilla with gun fists………gorilla with gun fists.
“Not right now, Goo Cop. Right now I need you to turn into a Goo rocket and fly us to planet Weird Gorilla”…..Axe Cop
Amen.
Madman
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