Sharkey and Extra-Billy are out in space, in Sharkey’s spaceship, the Snow-Cone (it’s called that because it’s a used former ice-cream truck). Sharkey, who admits to not be used to dealing with little kids, is increasingly annoyed by Extra-Billy’s behavior. They stop at a planet that serves as a service station, so Extra-Billy can use the bathroom, and we learn that Sharkey has some kind of telepathic (or possibly supernatural) abilities that help him track his prey, and he uses it to find Edra Deering, the terrorist with the billion-dollar bounty on her head. But then he’s interrupted by a couple of rival bounty hunters, one is a four-armed, four-eyed, big brown monster that threatens to shoot Extra-Billy in the head in the head if Sharkey doesn’t tell him where Deering is.

And then things get even more dangerous.

I’m liking the way Millar’s writing Sharkey, he comes off as a guy who really wants to project an image of a hard-ass, but he clearly has a soft spot for Extra-Billy, who comes off as precocious. Still, knowing Millar’s work, I wouldn’t be surprised if it there’s more to him than meets the eye. And the action scenes are exciting, especially the way Simone Bianchi draws them. The series started off strong and, so far, the streak continues.

Chacebook rating: FIVE STARS

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