The Last Homicide #2 is a comic written by Frank Martin with art by Pietro Vaughan. A couple of detectives are working hard to find the culprit of a murder before a mob war breaks out. The story comes to a conclusion in this issue and it is full of twists, turns, and revelations. The senior detective is this pairing is Wilmer, a man on the verge of retirement who is trying to get this last case wrapped up. His partner is Gomez, a younger guy with a bit more energy. The victim of this murder is the son of a mob boss and it is looking like a rival mob boss is responsible. This case needs to be solved before a war breaks out and things get dangerous. The action here is about on the level of something you’d see on a crime show like Law & Order. Gunplay and strong arming abound. This gets pretty intense as they go from bad situation to bad situation in their search for justice. The dialogue sounds like what you’d hear in a crime drama with some nice back-and-forths. Except for a moment near the climax this comic doesn’t get wordy. This is a satisfying end to a mystery that has been served to us with a nice heap of drama on the side.

            This comic isn’t in black-and-white but it is has very faded colors, none of them bright and it has significant use of shadows. The detectives move around a bit but the locations tend to not persist from panel-to-panel. The expression level here is reasonable when the faces are in focus; they can look a bit too blank otherwise. The faces here have varying degrees of detail and can appear to be stretched out at certain times which can throw you off. Matter of fact, sometimes the whole panel can look stretched and squished. And occasionally you will be tripped up as to whose face you are currently looking at. The action here does lead to some blood being shown and the scenes flow well.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like mysteries concerning organized crime with a good amount of drama and unexpected developments this is for you.

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

R.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Just noticed you seem to have something on your suit.”

 

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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: 5, for 23% 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 – 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 – 2

“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 – 1

“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.”