Well there was bound to be a weak link in the chain and unfortunately for the “Hit List Agenda” it’s Executive Assistant: Violet. Each of the titles in the crossover event have started differently which is both good and bad since a familiar pattern could have been developed to tie the books into each other.

I’ll admit I’m a bit confused about the overall story of the “Hit List Agenda”, but I’m still enjoying the numerous books that tie into it. The one uniting factor that each series has is Iris and the second issue of Orchard has her making an appearance.

One thing I’m very grateful for is FCBD, because every year I manage to find a series I would otherwise not have known about. This year I discovered Baltimore and soon gobbled up the Plague Ships and was very impressed by the setting, tone and sheer excitement that the book had.

Well I’m pretty sure that the world of Hellboy and B.P.R.D. are forever changing and it is very exciting! The second issue of Hell on Earth: Monsters is full of reveals and leaves the book on a major cliffhanger that is sure to tie into Hellboy: The Fury or at the very least pick up in the next B.P.R.D. series.

Aside from having Liefeld’s involvement and generally being sexist towards women, this issue isn’t half bad. This year has seen a lot of revivals from the 90’s boom of comics and Rob Liefeld must have gotten bored because he’s back making comics again.

If ever a book needed a subtitle it’s The Infinite, something along the lines of the “Sadness” or even “Torture.” The book pairs Image ex-founder Rob Liefeld with current Image partner Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) on a Sci-Fi, 90’s X-Force inspired tale about two soldiers in the future fighting against a “villain” named Imperius who has come from the future and taken over the planet.

Comics that released in the nineties tend to have a very distinct feel to them, mostly in the fact that the stories are ridiculous, costumes are absurd and the art is the best part of the comic. Towards the end of the decade Dark Horse Comics released a comic entitled Major Bummer from John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke (current Green Lantern artist).

Lotus, starts off a bit different from the other Hit List Agenda books in the fact that it doesn't go through the entire process of explaining what an Executive Assistant is. In fact it’s not even mentioned until much later in the issue which makes this series stand out a little more from the other crossovers.