Secret Six #4 - DC

Ok, here's the gist of the story . . . there's this metal card . . about the size of a playing card. It's got writing on it . . it's in Aramaic or Hebrew or something. Basically, it says "Get out of Hell Free!". Supposedly Neron made it. We don't really know why, or who he gave it to, but somehow Tarantula ended up with it. Well, the Secret Six were hired to abduct Tarantula, who happens to be on the West coast, get the card from her and return it to Gotham . . . on the East coast. Meanwhile there's this guy Junior, who's one twisted Fubar. He's also learned of the existence of this card. He's done every depraved and sick act you can think of, so he sees this as his one chance at redemption. He tries to go to a church to confess his sins, but the priest won't give him absolution. "I can't give you penance until you have repented! The act of contrition!" Junior refuses to repent . . so he kills the priest . . or eats him, I'm not sure which. "Backup plan unworkable. Need card after all!" So, the Six have Tarantula and the card. The problem is Junior put a bounty on them . . . 20 million a head. So now, anyone looking to make a buck . . . quite a lot of bucks, actually . . have painted a target on their heads and are shooting to kill. The other problem is, once the Six learn what the card is, they start speculating amongst themselves what they could do with it. Tarantula sums it up pretty well . . "There is no happy ending. And this is why. One card. Five of you. And only the Devil is laughing." The issue ends with our little group becoming the guests of Miss Jeanette at the Nocturne hotel in Las Vegas. Somehow she's an acquaintance of Scandal. All except for Bane that is, he's already been taken captive by Junior. Anyways, they're surprised by a boat-load of bad guys, and even if they thought they could get out of this mess they find out that the meal they just ate was prepared by Cheshire. Gail Simone writes it, and she does a fantastic job. I love her humor, and the personality that she express' in each of these characters. Nicola Scott is the artist. She is really doing an incredible job. I was sad when she left the Birds of Prey, but I think she's doing an even better job on this series. But there's only 2 issues to go. I wonder where she'll end up next. This was a great issue in a fantastic series.