Prowler #6 Review

Writer: Sean Ryan / Artist: Jamal Campbell / Marvel Comics We reached the end of the road for Hobie Brown but what that ending looks like is entirely up to Hobie. This issue concludes with Hobie talking to Peter Parker about what possibilities are left for him post afterlife return. The outcomes seem rather bleak as Hobie contemplated dying in the line of duty, fighting crime until he’s an old relic and even going back to crime. Ryan never gives a glimpse or states what Hobie really wants. That is left for the reader to decide and if I’m taking a guess I’m going to say an on-going series. I am a big prowler fan since I saw his toy as a kid. Hobie has been plagued with a ceiling he just can’t seem to break through. I was hoping he’d get some solace of a direction at the end but he gains something more. Hobie is still a blank check waiting to be cashed as Ryan and Campbell leave his story open for other interpretations. The homie was sidelined for his own series (we were following a clone of Hobie for the majority of the series unknowingly) and now he gets a new lease on life but what’s next.

The ending is a rather anti-climatic but you get what this team was going for as Hobie questions the hero life’s inevitable conclusion with Peter Parker. Campbell closes his incredible job drawing this series in showing Hobie in completely different emotional states at his multiple choice endings. My personal favorite is the full house ending. We got a glimpse of Hobie being welcome backe…