Secret Six #3 - DC

I like this group of miscreants. They just have a certain edge to them, that I think makes them 'cool'. Anyways, they've obtained the Tarantula and with her resistant help, they've now obtained the card that they were after. But Cheetah, Bolt and some other guy are right on their tale. We find out a little more about this mystery guy this issue. Basically he's considered an urban legend amongst the underworld of the West Coast, Junior. But that doesn't mean that they were any less scared of him. He ran the entire West Coast with a phone and a notepad. And now he's trying to coordinate the retrieval of this card. We find out most of this information from Tarantula. After she left the FBI, she went undercover to try to get close to anyone that could give her a lead on the guy. As it turns out, she got in with Junior's accountant, Ira Benjamin Shelton. Anyways, they've got Tarantula, and they've got the card, now all they have to do is get across the United States, and back to Gotham, to deliver it to their contact at Arkham. That in itself would be a task, but, along the way, everybody who's looking to make a buck is going to be gunning for these guys and trying to make the delivery themselves. They've got a continent wide obstacle course to overcome. All for this one card. What is it, by the way? Oh it's just a card that Neron made. There's something written on it in Aramaic. It says "Get out of Hell Free!" Gail Simone writes this mini-series, as with the last, so you know that it's got just the right amount of humor in it. I love the way she's handling these characters. I'm guessing that the Tarantula makes Six, because they haven't really picked up anyone else yet. But that's ok. Also, Nicola Scott's artwork is terrific, as usual. I'm not particularly fond of the cover, but . . her work on the inside is flawless. She's come a long way since she first started out in Birds of Prey.