Comic Book Review: Damaged #1-4
Posted 9 years ago by Rob Lammle Comics
On the surface, it would be easy to dismiss Radical Publishing’s Damaged as a Punisher knock-off. After all, both feature a gun-toting vigilante dealing out his own brand of explosive justice. However, once you start digging a little deeper into Damaged, you’ll see there’s more meat on the bone than you might expect.
In 1975, Henry and Frank Lincoln are brothers and officers for the San Francisco Police Department. In the beginning, they share a similar outlook on working within the justice system to stop crime. But when Henry’s son is kidnapped, his views change significantly. Now, Henry takes matters into his own hands when he uncovers a pedophile ring involving prominent members of the Bay Area’s business leaders. He recruits his brother to help him burn down the mansion where the group meets, but Frank has second thoughts at the last minute. The two scuffle and a Molotov cocktail accidentally sets off one of the gasoline bombs. To save his brother from the flames, Henry jumps on top of Frank, receiving serious burns to the right side of his body, including an imprint on his chest where Frank’s super-heated badge burns into his skin.
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