Tracker #2 review

Writer Jonathan Lincoln and artist Francis Tsai unite to deliver one hell of frickin’ good comic. After a fine inaugural issue, I hoped that the series would continue to satisfy. Well, mission accomplished, boys.

Alex O’Roark is the FBI’s top tracker and he loves his job (even more than his girlfriend). While tracking down a serial killer known as Herod, he survives “The Blue Line Massacre.” We learn that the Handel Foundation has been researching lupines or werewolves and one of their mysterious doctors cares for O’Roark after the massacre. Another victim mysteriously survives and O’Roark tracks him down in this issue. Lincoln achieves an appropriate balance between exposition and action. This is an unpretentious action-packed read. This is tightly plotted with a fresh approach to the icon werewolf genre.

Francis Tsai draws a sharp comic. His panels and layouts pace perfectly with the narrative. The supernatural creatures’ kinetic movements are nicely portrayed. It’s a dynamic approach, which is just what this comic needs.

Tracker is an equally clever detective yarn and a brutally vicious horror tale populated by smartly written characters. I pray this five- issue story gets a monthly series.

4.5 out of 5

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