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Two Guns
3 Guns
WHY BOOM! LOVES IT: Creator Steven Grant (DAMNED, Punisher: Circle of Blood) returns along with original series cover artist Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire) and interior artist Emilio Laiso (Hack/Slash) for more action-comedy thrills!
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you're a fan of the hit 2013 summer blockbuster 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, find out what happens next! Or if you like stories featuring reluctant, unlikely partners like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, or Die Hard with a Vengeance, you'll like 3 GUNS!
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Trench was a deep-cover DEA agent. Steadman was an undercover Naval Intelligence officer. Now, after racing headlong across the Southwest, desperately outrunning Feds and mobsters while trying to clear their names, Trench and Steadman are pulled into another impossible situation: brokering gun deals between the Russians and anti-government revolutionaries?from opposite sides. And little do they know, a Third Gun has her eyes set on the ultimate prize-and she won't go down without a fight. Collects 3 GUNS #1-6.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you're a fan of the hit 2013 summer blockbuster 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, find out what happens next! Or if you like stories featuring reluctant, unlikely partners like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, or Die Hard with a Vengeance, you'll like 3 GUNS!
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Trench was a deep-cover DEA agent. Steadman was an undercover Naval Intelligence officer. Now, after racing headlong across the Southwest, desperately outrunning Feds and mobsters while trying to clear their names, Trench and Steadman are pulled into another impossible situation: brokering gun deals between the Russians and anti-government revolutionaries?from opposite sides. And little do they know, a Third Gun has her eyes set on the ultimate prize-and she won't go down without a fight. Collects 3 GUNS #1-6.
161 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 14, 2014
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Steven Grant
785 books23 followersSteven Grant is an American comic book writer best known for his 1985–1986 Marvel Comics mini-series The Punisher with artist Mike Zeck and for his creator-owned character Whisper.
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February 9, 2017
2 Guns , both the book and the movie, were a guilty pleasures of mine. Never a big fan of Steven Grant, I was pleasantly surprised by the first title. A buddy/action flick that worked for me. Not great, but good. 3 Guns, not so much. Grant seemed to struggle with breathing genuine life into his characters with this one. They lacked the personality that Walberg and Washington brought to them on the big screen and that was a little more palpable in the first book. I actually read the first book before seeing the movie, so I didn’t have anything to compare that one to. Maybe that’s why the 3 star review. I don’t know, have to re-read it down the road. This one, however, just never got off the ground for me. And believe me, I wanted it to.
Grant seemed to be going through the motions trying to get this out as close to the film’s release as possible. The Russian, the psycho, the double agent, the tough chick, and a bunch of faceless lackeys that are there solely to get shot the hell up. The story was thin and rushed along towards its conclusion. I get that it’s like an action movie in a comic, but this was more like a weak action movie sequel in a comic.
Emilio Laiso did a decent job with the art. A lot of his characters look similar with different hair styles to tell them apart. Overall though, he appeals to me. I can see him getting better with more experience. Rafael Albuquerque provides some nice cover artwork for the series.
3 Guns is a step backwards for Grant. He does leave himself some options in regards to another follow up, but it’s not something I will be anxiously awaiting to land on store shelves down the road. Only a recommend for die-hard fans of the first book.
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Grant seemed to be going through the motions trying to get this out as close to the film’s release as possible. The Russian, the psycho, the double agent, the tough chick, and a bunch of faceless lackeys that are there solely to get shot the hell up. The story was thin and rushed along towards its conclusion. I get that it’s like an action movie in a comic, but this was more like a weak action movie sequel in a comic.
Emilio Laiso did a decent job with the art. A lot of his characters look similar with different hair styles to tell them apart. Overall though, he appeals to me. I can see him getting better with more experience. Rafael Albuquerque provides some nice cover artwork for the series.
3 Guns is a step backwards for Grant. He does leave himself some options in regards to another follow up, but it’s not something I will be anxiously awaiting to land on store shelves down the road. Only a recommend for die-hard fans of the first book.
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August 20, 2019
Man, if only these two could work together. Double crosses with double crosses. Mobs and guns.
March 25, 2019
Different artist than the first, but quite good. This installment is enjoyable but suffers from the same problem as the first in that it is never really clear who is working for what government or criminal entity. The confusion is part of the plot, but it's never really made clear even in the end.
March 7, 2024
Not as fun or as interesting as "2 Guns." "3 Guns" does add an extra character to the mix to shake things up, but there are way too many double-crosses and it feels like the same beat is repeated over and over.
September 8, 2024
To many crosses and double crosses and alias and cover stories and betrayals to keep straight, not to mention the whacked out last issue/section where a heretofore unmentioned heist suddenly enters the picture and exits just as quickly.
August 5, 2018
brilliant follow up
May 24, 2015
I grabbed this from the library based solely on how much I LOVED 2 Guns, the movie. This? This was some bad hack job of an 80s Action movie. Lame.
Triple Doople Crosses, though they didn't have the 2 fighting over the girl, which was a welcome avoidance. However, the rest of it just rambled and felt forced, like a cash-grab based on the recognition of the movie's success.
I would like to read 2 Guns, to see how it goes, but after Denzel and Marky Mark? This was a dud. No comedy, they don't even seem to like each other, whereas in the movie, there was great chemistry between the 2. Here it's just forced, like of course they'd come across each other again and have the same situation dialed up to 11...stupid.
I'm also confused because Bobby is seeming like the dumber one here, yet when played by Denzel, he's the older, slightly wiser one. Marcus isn't in the book nearly as much as Bobby, so I'm confused, if Bobby is supposed to be the main character, and they just fleshed out Marcus for Wahlberg? Anyhoo...the art isn't much to write about, sometimes it's OK, but a lot of the time, I can't tell some of the faces apart, and sometimes they look like reject Anime facial expressions...
A dud...disappointing...I certainly hope if there's a movie sequel (doubtful, as Denzel doesn't do Comedy anymore...although he should, he's a riot. He should do a buddy comedy with Liam Neeson...those 2 need a break from kicking ass for the last decade...and on that note, I'm off to watch Denzel's Equalizer!) it's not based on this material.
Triple Doople Crosses, though they didn't have the 2 fighting over the girl, which was a welcome avoidance. However, the rest of it just rambled and felt forced, like a cash-grab based on the recognition of the movie's success.
I would like to read 2 Guns, to see how it goes, but after Denzel and Marky Mark? This was a dud. No comedy, they don't even seem to like each other, whereas in the movie, there was great chemistry between the 2. Here it's just forced, like of course they'd come across each other again and have the same situation dialed up to 11...stupid.
I'm also confused because Bobby is seeming like the dumber one here, yet when played by Denzel, he's the older, slightly wiser one. Marcus isn't in the book nearly as much as Bobby, so I'm confused, if Bobby is supposed to be the main character, and they just fleshed out Marcus for Wahlberg? Anyhoo...the art isn't much to write about, sometimes it's OK, but a lot of the time, I can't tell some of the faces apart, and sometimes they look like reject Anime facial expressions...
A dud...disappointing...I certainly hope if there's a movie sequel (doubtful, as Denzel doesn't do Comedy anymore...although he should, he's a riot. He should do a buddy comedy with Liam Neeson...those 2 need a break from kicking ass for the last decade...and on that note, I'm off to watch Denzel's Equalizer!) it's not based on this material.
December 16, 2014
this was such an intriguing story. what happens when former undercover agents run into each other after a job gone south? they work against one another, or do they?
the story for this sequel to 2 Guns is a little more captivating and easier to follow it doesn't seem to have the same narration issues that the previous installment had.
the story for this sequel to 2 Guns is a little more captivating and easier to follow it doesn't seem to have the same narration issues that the previous installment had.
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