The Prowler #5 Review

Writer: Sean Ryan / Artist: Jamal Campbell / Marvel Comics Come on, man! Come ooooooon, man. “This is the shit I be talking bout! half writing ass comics! You think its a game? You think it’s a fucking gaaaame?!” Sean Ryan is up in this mutha fucka man. We got Hobie Brown fuckin’ down and out struggling. On his everyman, no powers, no Deux Ex Machina, just his wits about him shit yo. He’s fighting through the pain of breaking down and still trying to contain these clones and joining back in the fight with Spider-Man. Hobie’s adventures have really been a side mission for this entire clone conspiracy saga. I haven’t been following it (you see one clone saga you seen’em all, am I right? Get it? Ahhh that guy gets it) but I am loving this shit, man. I love untold stories from side characters that we don’t usually get. We got a looooooot more action happening this issue and you can feel that Hobie Brown is fucking fighting for his life as he struggles through these fights and Ryan portrays that heavily in the writing and pacing this issue.

This is real rap gutta happening right now man. Sean Ryan kept having Hobie getting his ass saved last minute this issue and having to get help and depend on others. The dependency on others and getting betrayed by them being the reoccurring theme throughout the series. Which is to say I been fucking with that shit, man. Sean Ryan has been building Hobie up for a huge gut check that comes this issue and it’s really surprising. Hobie is a lot o…

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