Normally I wouldn't do a 3-issue mini-series when only two issues had been released. But considering the second issue came out a year ago, there's been no sign of the third issue, or even a re-solicitation, and given Scout Comics in general seems to be circling the drain, doesn't seem much point in waiting.
A dangerous alien escapes a Martian prison and crash lands on Earth in the American West of the 19th Century. Concerned what F-24K could do, the Martians (bug-looking things) send a killer robot, code-named "OV3RKILL" after the fugitive. F-24K hijacks the body of some poor farmer that was about to kill himself anyway, while the robot pulls a Terminator and takes the clothes of the first dumb cowboy he encounters. By the end of the second issue, the robot's just caught up to its target, and the real fight is about to begin.
A real fight we'll likely never see. It's a book light on plot or characterization, and long on style and vibe. Fontanili uses thick lines and heavy blacks in his work, making everyone's jaws or eyes stand in sharp contrast to their surroundings. A lot of close-up panels on the sort of body horror F-24K likes to inflict. Most of the comic is in black-and-white, with color - mostly shades of yellow or red - saved for added contrast or significant moments. So the poor farmer's eye may be colored in black-and-white, but the tendrils of F-24K's body that squiggle around it are in a bright magenta.
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