Dirty Work At The Crossroads #3 is a comic written by Joshua Metzger with art by Carlos Nieto. This is an action-packed issue where all the buildup comes to head. Like cracking open a can of some soda you’ve shaken up. Our main trio as seen on the cover led by Sunday Childs is finally going to make a move on Queen Mab. The plot here is pretty straightforward: kill the queen. And the action you will see is proportionate to how that difficult that task is. Shooting, stabbing, slicing, and the occasional pistol whip are showcased here. Except for one part during a lull in the action the dialogue reads fast and hits a little harder given the situation. Besides the previously mentioned moment there a couple other high word pages but the way it reads means you won’t be rushing to get through it. I though going into this issue I would get a bunch of questions answered but that was not the case. This series has quite a few loose threads and I am very interested in seeing how they get tied up.

            Though we get quick shots of a few other locations the main spot is Queen Mab’s tower. Metal walls and very tall with a bunch of stairs. The main expression here isn’t so much anger as it is a grimace. Smirks and looks of resignation also feature prominently. Face sameness is a light problem but not too serious. This is a world where everyone dresses like bounty hunters from Star Wars or like Raiders from the Bethesda Fallout games. There are the occasional robes and sever lack of a top from certain characters. There is a good variety of weapons but these folk love their guns. This is a very bloody and significantly gory issue with body parts not being where they belong. The only person here with some kind of beef towards clothes is Queen Mab.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like violent comics with women as the central players and a story that is still unraveling this is a good issue.

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

R. Blood and gore.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“I bet this didn’t go how you thought it would.”

 

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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: 7, for 32% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

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

 

Violence Level – 4

“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 – 5

“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 – 4

“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.”