![]() Then there is cloak, who not really happy that he has fallen into Gary’s hands has some fun banter with the fledgling supervillain. Plus, he needs to use the cloaks powers or the dead are going to rise so it is a tough job but someone has to do it. Second, I really liked Gary, I mean he is a pretty likeable guy overall, he is a good husband and not a bad boss. First, it gave a shout out to one of my favorite movies Gross Point Blank (John Cusack doesn’t get enough credit for that role) and many other pop culture references that just made me laugh. Then there is his marriage, I mean how many supervillains out there have a well-adjusted relationship let alone a marriage? And while his wife isn’t thrilled, he chose the supervillain route as long as he follows some basic rules, she will support his decision. I mean he has only killed bad people so far and other supervillains and as we all know from Hollywood killing people doesn’t count if they’re bad. The good news is that Gary isn’t your normal supervillain, at least not yet. With a talking cloak fueled by deaths powers Gary now has his wish to become the supervillain Merciless the merciless (TM), much to his cloaks disappointment. Who says its everyone’s dream to be a superhero, it was actually Gary’s dream to follow in his brothers footsteps and play for the other side. Gary Karkofshy was fascinated with supervillains all his life and today is his lucky day because a cloak of a former superhero just showed up on his doorstep so now, he has some fun powers to play with. This is a world where supervillain psychology is a normal class you can take in college and later on get a masters degree in. Welcome to an alternate universe where superheroes and villains are the norm. He got the tone of the story and has a perfect voice for narration, but he did struggle a tiny bit to differentiate between a few of the characters voices which made some of the exchanges hard to follow. With the open ending I hope we do not have to wait long for the sequel.Īudio Note: It is tough to rate Jeffrey Kafer's performance. The only real flaw I can spot is that this was such a short story. This actually had a similar tone to the Avengers movies with plenty of humor and crazy action mixed in with likeable characters who were never short of a witty bit of banter. It was the sort of over the top type of superhero world that you get while watching a movie like Marvel's Avengers. Though he did have his villainous moments! He loved his wife, cared for his friends, and was not quite as evil as he wished he was. The whole story was as crazy and as fun as it sounds. Rather than take up the selfless mantle of the heroic Nightwalker Gary instead decides to indulge in his life long dream of becoming Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy! Opportunity knocks for Gary when the magical cloak of his home towns greatest superhero gets delivered to him in the mail. ![]() ![]() He lives with his wife in the suburbs and used to work as a bank teller before he lost his job. Gary Karkofsky is just a normal guy living in a world filled with all sorts of people with superpowers. This superhero/supervillain novel turned out to be just the sort of fun romp it promised from its synopsis.
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