White Heat Comics Digest No. 3 is a comic with six stories: Kyla, The Goddess Who Walks the Earth: A Day in the Life!, Flint Lockjaw, The Real Man Who Came To Malego, The Guru, Space Angel, and Deb Bonair: “Amazon Prime”. Time for some mini-reviews!
Kyla, The Goddess Who Walks the Earth: A Day in the Life! is a sci-fi fantasy story starring the strong and intelligent jungle guardian named Kyla. While her two previous installments were grand adventures full of unknown danger this one is a bit calmer and shows us what Kyla does on the regular. This starts off with Kyla stalking a very large serpent from the trees until she jumps out and begins a battle. Though there is violence here it never gets bloody or gory. This is steadily paced, has multiple intense moments, and features no dialogue whatsoever. The art is detailed with a style reminiscent of older comics and a decently wide color palette. There is a lot of jungle scenery with thick forests, rocky caves, and other wildlife. The expression level is above-average as characters get animated and have very detailed faces. The violence can be physical and involve weapons like knives with the action scenes spread throughout. Kyla wears a small bikini that leaves little to the imagination. This is ten pages long.
Flint Lockjawis a sci-fi cop story about the kidnapping of pop stars. This has some comedic elements and stars a rugged cop with a large jaw. This is drawn in that gritty 80’s/90’s style with sexual jokes and off-screen violence. This is three pages long.
The Real Man Who Came To Malego is a sci-fi futuristic Western story that stars a man sent to catch a woman named Billy the Kid. This takes place in an empty town where the outlaws have holed up. This tale begins with the man riding into town on his motorcycle and entering the saloon where the gang is chilling out. The violence here gets bloody and there are some gruesome moments. The pacing is a bit fast with a lot of action and a high intensity. The dialogue is aggressive with a lot of back-and-forth and no word-heavy pages. The art is drawn in style reminiscent of older comics and has a nice range of colors and good lighting. For scenery we have long stretches of desert surrounding this town. The expression level is above-average and we get a variety of looks from the different characters. The faces have a high amount of detail and show the different looks very clearly. The violence is physical and involves guns which can result in gruesome attacks and leading to blood and some gore. The action comes in bursts. All the women here have large breasts and are built like models. This is eleven pages long.
The Guru is a short humorous comic about a man travels to Asia to visit a guru atop a snow-covered mountain. This has comic strip-style art and it only two pages long.
Space Angel is a comic about a spacewoman who has come to save the day. This story mixes high stakes drama with a lot humor and the plot moves somewhat fast. This is drawn in a very cartoonish, blocky art style that looks like something from the 90’s. This is eight pages long.
Deb Bonair: “Amazon Prime” is a sci-fi story that stars a group of space pirates on a retrieval mission. This takes place on a planet full of Amazonian women and stars the pirate captain Deb Bonair and the largest member of her crew. This tale begins with Deb and her crew sitting around a table discussing the object they need to grab, the Necronomicon. They have narrowed down its location to the jungle planet of Amazonia. The violence here is physical with no blood or gore. The pacing is a bit faster than average with some intense moments as danger increases. The dialogue has a lot of back-and-forth with a few humorous quips. The art is detailed and drawn in a style reminiscent of comics from the 60’s/70’s. There is a nice range of colors and well-done lighting. For scenery we have some jungle but most of this takes place indoors. The expression level here is a tick above average with a lot of different characters giving strong looks. The faces have a good amount of detail and can get a bit animated which helps them show the different emotions well. The violence doesn’t really go above knockout blows to the head with short and quick action moments. Most of the women here are wearing nothing more than a bikini and there are many lewd/sexy shots. This is sixteen pages long.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
If you like sci-fi, Westerns, fantasies, futuristic, or jungle stories that usually star women and feature varying levels of violence and excitement then this is for you.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
R. Violence, blood, gore, nudity.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“Poor guys! I think they just met Lockjaw!”
Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/928224654/white-heat-comics-digest-no-3/description
***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 50
Violent Pages: 9, for 18% of the comic
Sexy Pages: 7, for 14% of the comic
**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**
Violence Level – 3
“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”
“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”
“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”
“This was a tournament arc.”
“All my life I had to fight.”
Gore Level – 4
“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”
“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”
“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”
“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”
“This is a slaughterhouse.”
Death Level – 3
“And everybody lived happily ever after.”
“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”
“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”
“Yeah this was a tragedy.”
“Think Gettysburg.”
Porn Level – 2
“Everybody kept their clothes on.”
“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”
“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”
“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”
“Oh. This is porn.”
