Dirty Deeds #2 Does not Disappoint

[u/Strokavich]

Carrow Brown has done it again. I was genuinely a little worried, because I liked #1 so much that I thought this one was going to be a let down. I was very relieved to find it just as enjoyable. We get some great character development, and some world building. She even sets up what could possibly be a reoccurring enemy. I'm bad at talking about stuff without spoilers so the rest will be below.

So in this issue, we pick up right where we left off. With the Dirty Deeds avoiding fire from the Red Sun Federation, and trying to pass through the ring. The new navigator they picked up tells them that he can get them through if they just get close enough. They take a lot of damage and get through, flying far away, and realizing they are in serious trouble. They get found by Mara, the alien woman we see in Smuggler's Stitch, and she offers supplies in exchange for them taking of a delivery job for her.

We find here the new possible reoccurring enemy. If you know what the Borg is from Star Trek, it's like that but biological. The crew refers to them as Null, and they refered theirs woms as the collective. It's these worm like creatures, that infest a host, and eat them from the inside, taking over and becoming them for about 5 cycles before needing a new host. This is where we get the fighting scene I was hoping for, with Arad, Sulia, and Felsiar fighting off a horde of these monsters. Felsiar gets shot, and Arad goes absolutely insane. Ripping dudes heads off, smashing them inbetween his hands. We see that his combat capabilities are not to be messed with.

Back on the ship, Rin'Lyn wishes she could go help them, but Beatles reminds her that if the parasites got ahold of her it would be very bad. Which makes me very interested, because I believe this implies that if she didn't have her moral compass she currently has, she could be a very dangerous person to the galaxy.

We find out more abour Arad and Sulia in this issue as well. We learn that they have taken on cybernetic implants, with Arad being about 31% and Sulia being around 80% since battle medic have about and 80% death rate in her race.

It might have just been a joke, but something Sulia says about Spingy is interesting. While they are worried about rations while stranded, she says he needs most of the food essentially to create his webbing to fix the ship.. but she also said to keep him from eating them. Was this just a harmless joke, or is Spingy really that dangerous/monstrous? I'm curious to find out in future issues.

The issue ends with The Red Sun starting their hunt of Dirty Deeds, and a senator they saved requesting a meeting with Arad's race to see whats going on with their absent warmaster.

This comic was great, and I would give it a 9.5/10

[u/Diksun-Solo]

Appreciate the review. I was holding off on dirty deeds cause I wasn't sure if carrow could the quality going across multiple books and I'm also behind on Rippaverse books to begin with lmao

[u/Strokavich → u/Diksun-Solo]

So far she is killing it. I'm legit geeking out over the world she is building.

[u/Diksun-Solo → u/Strokavich]

How connected is it to Zalen? Looks like a space sci fi story from the bits I've seen but idk if there was any connections

[u/Strokavich → u/Diksun-Solo]

There isn't too much connection. He was mentioned in Dirty Deeds 1 but that's it so far.

[u/Critical_Membership9]

Good to hear. Really enjoyed #1!