This issue, Robin is way out of his league. Last issue, we saw a guy in a safehouse get killed. Don was a Gazette reporter, and Alexandra was his partner. They were doing a series on the Lords of the Avenue gang. They found out that they were being supplied with some kind of drug that would enhance their strength. Almost to super-human levels. Well the girl, Alexandra, escaped, and the Lords have been chasing her ever since. So Robin's girl on the inside, Officer Harper, calls him in to ask him to help protect her. He catches up to her, but so do the Lords. He tries to fight them off, but their just to strong for him. But he's smart, while fighting them, he's also grabbing up DNA samples. He goes back to the cave and finds out they're being fed a drug that enhances strength, endurance and adrenaline output. He also connects it to a drug called Phenotrimethacetopan, that's made by a local company, Strader Pharmaceuticals. So now he's on a mission to connect the drugs that the gang is getting, to the Pharmaceutical company. But it's not going to be easy, because at every turn he keeps running in to the gang. They're getting stronger, but " . . . look at them . . . eyes going milky, skin yellowing . . . they're degenerating fast . . . their lives are just as much in danger as . . . . mine!" This is what Robin thinks as he and 2 of the members go flying over the edge of a 5 story building. This is written by another writer that I really think is coming in to his own, Adam Beechen. I wasn't overly thrilled with him at first, but with each issue he gets better and better. And I also am really coming to appreciate the artwork of Freddie E. Williams II. Again, wasn't overly thrilled at first, but he continues to improve with every issue. All in all I'd have to say that this series is really getting back on it's feet again. Don't get me wrong. It was never terrible. But . . . . it was kinda' floundering there for a minute. No worries now though.
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