Secret Six #10 - DC

It appears that our misfit band of miscreants is on a new mission this issue. This is what we know so far . . there's this tyrant, Mr Smyth, who runs a mine, I think, on Devil's island. I'm not sure where that's at, but it appears to be somewhere around South America. Smyth though is actually a slaver, as he captures people, locals, and makes them work in the mine until they can't anymore. Apparently though, this Mr Smyth also works for someone . . Mockingbird. This is the piece of information that draws our little band into this story. I'm not sure, it's been a long time since I read it, but I think Mockingbird was the protagonist in the original Secret Six mini-series back in the 60's. Although the identity of this person was never revealed. They were lead to believe that Mockingbird was one of the original Secret Six. Anyways, this group is sent to escort something to Devil's Island. All they know is, "It is something beautiful. We are recreating god's will here, and this is the beast that will remove all doubt. It will terrify and inspire. It will consume the disbelievers. It is very ancient, my friends. Very precious and terrible!" And then they have to crash-land because the locals have decided to rebel. Smyth is there and he has Artemis in his custody. He also asks for a show of faith and has Deadshot kill an escaping prisoner. It turns out that she's actually the slave woman that Smyth was interrogating at the beginning of the issue, Mina. This was her punishment. "Hey, if I wanted her to suffer, I would have made that happen. I don't got anything against her or anything. Just an escaped prisoner. She ran, I shot. I don't know what you want from me." To which Smyth tells them all, "Welcome to Devil's Island ladies and gentlemen. Where you truly belong." I absolutely love the work that Gail Simone is doing on this series. I love her stories and the way she's developing these characters. Whodathunk that this team could actually pull of an ongoing series? Well . . apparently Gail did. Also, Nicola Scott is doing a great job with the art. Her covers are also improving. Her interior art though looks better and better with every issue. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite team-books. It's always fun to support and root for the 'anti-heroes'. They don't get much more 'anti' than these guys . . and gals.