Mutant Hell

Mutants Amok #2

by Mark Grant

240 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1991

About the author

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A pseudonym of David Bischoff with Bruce King

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mutants Amok: Mutant Hell was the second of a series that lasted for five volumes written primarily by David Bischoff under the pseudonym Mark Grant. (The novel is ironically copyrighted by Bischoff, who is acknowledged with thanks on the dedication page.) It's a schlocky sex and violence series, set in a post-apocalyptic world in which genetically manipulated super soldiers have revolted and set out to destroy their human overlords. It's like a Troma film where the gory details are so over-the-top that they're amusing but lacking the subtlety and soft-touch finesse of films like, say, The Toxic Avenger. In this one we continue to follow the evil BrainGeneral Torx, the rebel Maximillian Turkel, Jack Bender, Phil Potts, and many other unlikely characters who squabble over what's left of the Earth... and is Jenny still truly alive? The story delivers what the cover promises, and there's an excerpt from volume three at the end, just as there was for this one at the end of M.A.#1.

[Mel · Rating 1 out of 5]

For some reason, this morning I remembered that when I was eight years old, I found and read a copy of this book. Same edition and cover art. It was full of gratuitous gore and violent sex and totally not appropriate for me as an eight year-old. In general, it was a fabulous thing that no adult supervised what I read as a kid....but just not in this case. Whoops.