Gun Honey Collision Course TP Review

 

Gun Honey Collision Course TP Review

Writer: Charles Ardai

Artist: Ang Hor Kheng

Inkers: Jose Zapata & João Rodri

Colorist: João Rodri

Letterer: David Leach

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $17.99

Release Date: November 19, 2024

 

After Dahlia Racers helped them fake their deaths, Brook Barrows and Joanna Tan hid out in Borneo. But nearly a year has passed, and both want to return to their lives. Then one day, Joanna drops a bombshell that ends their idyllic existence.

 

Before they disappeared, Joanna placed sensitive information about Brook's time in the U.S. intelligence community in safekeeping. But if she doesn't return to Japan soon, Hiroshi Yamato will release that information to the world. What will Joanna and Brook do? And how many people will die because of Joanna's actions? Let's leap into Gun Honey Collision Course TP and see!

 

Story

While Dahlia Racers devises illusions for the world's top magicians, she also helps people evade death at their enemies' hands. So, after the "Heat Seeker" convinced the world that they were dead, Joanna and Brook want to stay under the radar. At least, for a while longer. But as they work as crew aboard a ship heading toward Japan, others want access to the secrets inside the Yamato Vault. And instead of going after Hiroshi Yamato, they abduct his son.

 

Joanna feels responsible for Kyosuke’s abduction. So, once they arrive, Joanna Tan and Brook Barrows volunteer to rescue Hiroshi Yamato’s son in Gun Honey Collision Course TP. But father and son are underworld gangsters in Japan, and their rivals are formidable foes. As Joanna and Brook embroil themselves in the underworld, they also step on toes. And even if they rescue Kyosuke, they’ll make enemies for life.

 

While following Joanna and Brook’s journey, Charles Ardai also follows their enemies. Along with Wyatt Gorman, Jeremy Kruger wanted fellow against Brook Barrows dead. Kruger has secrets he desperately wants to protect. And when you work for U.S. Intelligence, you can manipulate anyone into working for you.

 

Joanna Tan may be a free agent. But Brook Barrows is a straight shooter. He was a protégé of the Director of National Intelligence until he discovered things he shouldn't have. Now, he and Joanna work to protect people, while their pursuers seek to keep their misdeeds hidden. But while Brook and Joanna are highly skilled operatives, they are outnumbered and outgunned. And no matter how quickly they race across the globe, they may be out of time in Gun Honey Collision Course TP.

 

Art

In Kalimantan, Borneo, Brook Barrows climbs along moss-covered limbs, while Joanna Tan bathes below. Clothed only in the pistol strapped to her thigh, Joanna defends herself as Brook crashes beside her, disturbing the lily pads in the natural pool. They return to a house constructed from tree limbs and palm fronds, while a punching bag beckons from the doorway of a smaller hut. Then, like Indiana Jones boarding a plane, a map traces their journey across the sea.

 

Joanna and Brook’s adventures take them to gambling halls and boxing dens. They visit exclusive homes and timeworn fortresses. The yellow sun brightens their high-speed journeys across winding ribbons of asphalt and beige expanses of windblown sand. As Ang Hor Kheng, Jose Zapata, and João Rodri transport the heroes into danger and battles, Rodri lavishes a loaded palette on the immersive art in Gun Honey Collision Course TP. Yet as red splashes across panels, the intricate settings ground the high-flying action and the acres of well-toned flesh.

 

David Leach fires black uppercase letters into white dialogue balloons and colored boxes. The words grow bold for intonation, swell for raised voices, and shrink for lowered voices. Sound effects enhance Joanna Tan and Brook Barrow’s attempt to get their lives back, while villains kill anyone in their way to protect an international conspiracy. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Brook Barrow spent a year hiding out from his enemies. Joanna Tan likewise traded her action-packed, globetrotting life for an idyll in paradise. But when they return to the world he left behind, Joanna and Brook find the U.S. intelligence community more dangerous than the predators in Borneo could ever be in Gun Honey Collision Course TP.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Gun Honey Collision Course TP.

 

For how Dahlia Racers helped Joanna and Brook disappear, see my review of Heat Seeker: A Gun Honey Series Vol 1. 

 

For how Joanna's actions endangered Dahlia Racers, see my review of Heat Seeker: Exposed #1.