Dancer #1 – Review

By: Nathan Edmondson (writer), Nic Klein (art/colors) & Jeff Powell (letters)

The Story: An assassin on the run.

Recap/Review: Dancer #1 is a very promising start to a series.  There’s nothing too unique about the story itself.  We’ve all seen this “man alone” story where a spy/soldier/assassin is being hunted by the company/army/government that used to employ him.  That theme endures in fiction because it’s compelling and offers lots of opportunity for believable conflict.  With stories like this, it’s really a question of how well the creators execute.

The plot is pretty simple: the “organization” (it’s left vague who this group is), decides to kill their star assassin.  When they come after him, his real-life girlfriend get’s sucked into the violence.  Now they’re on the run together and she’s only learned about 15 minutes ago that her boyfriend is a hired killer.  And, there is a wrinkle at the end that I won’t spoil (but it is very good).