Bad Times: Book One: Cannibal Gold

   I’ve long been a fan of Chuck Dixon's work in comics - he's written approximately a million comics (only a slight exaggeration),  including character such as Batman, Nightwing, the Punisher and Airboy, to name just a few.

   So I was anxious to check out his newest series of novels, Bad Times. 

   It’s a rip-roaring love letter to science fiction, the military and blood-and-guts pulp adventures, all rolled into a fast-paced novel. 

   It tells the story of a secretive group of scientists who invent a sort of Time Tunnel (how I loved that TV show), but when their first exploration team goes missing, they hire a group of ex-Rangers to try a rescue. 

   What they find is a mind-boggling, overwhelming menace that will challenge their skills and their instinct for survival. 

   It’s one of those books that ends far too quickly (thank goodness the second volume is already available). 

   I won’t be surprised to hear that a canny film director - or videogame producer - or comics publisher - has snapped this up. 

   A bloody good time!

Grade: A

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