Adventureman #5 Review

Writer: Matt Fraction / Artists: Terry Dodson (Pencils & Colors), Rachel Dodson (Inks) / Image It’s been a minute (and by minute, I mean nearly a veritable year) since we’ve been regaled with the thrilling adventures of Adventureman, so perhaps a quick recap is in order. Claire Connell has some sort of mysterious family legacy related to a series of pulp fiction works. These works are significantly less fictional in nature to the point where the fantastical villains are making a play in a very real New York City and there is *conflict* on the horizon. If you have the first four issues or the trade volume on hand, it might be beneficial to brush up on the specifics, because Fraction is conducting this narrative full speed ahead (note: this is a train pun. The cold open is on a train.) Mild mental reorienting aside, its nice to know that Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, and Rachel Dodson have not lost a single beat and jumping straight into one of their signature vignettes is a wonderful way to start the fall comic book season. You gotta love Terry Dodson’s wonderfully unique character designs, and Matt Fraction’s utter glee when it comes to writing audaciously in-universe. After the vignette plays out in proper prologue fashion, we jump back to the conflict in New York City as Claire readies with her extended network of allies to fight Baroness Bizarre. This is pretty much everything you could hope for in a grand return. Fraction’s dialog and parentheticals are hilarious and h…