Deal Breaker #1 is a comic written by Marcel Dupree and Joshua Metzger, with art by Jonas Scharf. A man makes a seemingly harmless wish and years after it comes true he is made aware of the price. Our leading man Jerry Boggs must decide how far he is willing to go to keep the life he has. Some of the supporting characters in this story include Jerry’s wife and kids, an old coworker, and a mysterious fella. The plot is pretty straightforward and the whole comic moves as smoothly as a TV show. This is simply a story about a man forced to pay what he owes. There is very little action here as this is a dialogue-driven story, at least in this debut issue. Speaking of dialogue, the conversations here are realistic and the back-and-forth doesn’t feel out of place. Some pages are a bit wordy but it’s necessary for the story they read at a good pace. This is a very intriguing beginning to a tale about the ripple effect of what was thought to be an insignificant action.

            This comic is realistically drawn and nicely colored. It takes us all over the place from an office to a home to some good-looking outdoor scenes. And these are more than establishing shots; the backgrounds tend to stay relevant from panel-to-panel. There are above-average expressions here and the characters rarely hold the same look consecutively. The faces here are drawn with high detail so the little looks come across way better. Absolutely no face sameness here. Bodies are proportional and not cartoony. The few one scene is drawn with great impact befitting of the situation.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like story-driven plots taking place in modern times involving a supernatural deal going awry this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Some nudity and death.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Hmm, that’s a shame, but those things happen, I suppose.”

 

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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22

Violent Pages: 1, for 5% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 1, for 5% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 2

“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 – 3

“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 – 2

“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.”