[Comic Review] “Rumble” #4 – Is A Phenomenal Supernatural Title

Reviewed by Pablo Arriaga. I mean, at this point if you’re not picking up “Rumble” then I don’t know what to do with you. Cogan returns to the bar to explain the other side of the coin, and Rathraq? Well, he’s still in his mighty quest to get his body back, and now dosed with fire retardant. This ain’t Kansas, this is motherfucking Rumble!

More is explained in Rumble #4, and keeping its signature jokes before shit gets too real.The cover makes Del and Rathraq look like they should be in the weirdest hip hop posse in this or that world. What’s that? Run the Jewels covers? Rumble’s doing it way better. I’m kidding, all the covers look awesome.

Either way, this issues doesn’t let out. If it’s not hitting you with info and playing off the fact that they’re doing that, it drops a joke before things turn too serious. Like what happened to Cogan and how he disappeared after being “disarmed” (I’m not apologizing for that  or any future puns) by Rathraq back in issue one, and Del oddly being well versed in Sun Tzu’sThe Art of War. Even better? The Rathraq and Nusku rematch we’ve all been waiting for! I mean, I know I have. And Bobby? Well, he’s still in the middle of this shit, trying to see if he can get laid in the worst ways imaginable.

Harren’s art keeps being a delight to stare at. When things are taking cool and calm, he accentuates every punchline with the characters’ various expressions. When the action picks up, he carries you from panel to panel with such natural flow, sometimes I had to do a double take to make sure I didn’t miss anything, only to realize two things: I went through those action moments so fast because he knows how to control the pacing of the comics and paneling so well that he can actually make an action sequence move at the time it would, and the second thing was that I didn’t miss anything at all, but I enjoyed the action all over again re-reading it. That’s right folks, this has readability value for days!

Rumble continues to represent everything that’s fun about reading a comic book, and everything that’s mysterious and thrilling about a supernatural title. It’s thrilling and makes a phenomenal addition to any pull list.

—

Pablo Arriaga has been bringing the gospel of The Slacker Nerd to countless people the world over with Juatcast.com. He also writes the most metal rants on the web and knows a better recipe for tacos than you do. For more writings or to be baptized in the arms of Matthew McConaughey follow Pabby on Twitter and Facebook.