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A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #1-5
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Vol. 1
When an unassuming man stumbles upon a dark-web contract assassin’s vicious plot to kill an innocent target, he turns himself into one. The Professional meets Road to Perdition in this story of a family’s unlikely guardian being hunted by rich and powerful men who are used to getting away with everything.
Join New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, BLACK SCIENCE) and ANDRÉ ARAÚJO (GENERATION GONE, Man Plus) for a uniquely atmospheric murder mystery with sudden bouts of brutal violence.
Collects A RIGHTEOUS THIRST FOR VENGEANCE #1-5
Join New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, BLACK SCIENCE) and ANDRÉ ARAÚJO (GENERATION GONE, Man Plus) for a uniquely atmospheric murder mystery with sudden bouts of brutal violence.
Collects A RIGHTEOUS THIRST FOR VENGEANCE #1-5
139 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 16, 2022
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Rick Remender
1,172 books1,346 followersRick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. He is the writer/co-creator of many independent comic books like Black Science, Deadly Class, LOW, Fear Agent and Seven to Eternity. Previously, he wrote The Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers for Marvel Comics.
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February 26, 2022
Who hasn’t had a day like this: you go visit a wealthy couple only to find them brutally murdered by international assassins at the behest of the billionaire elite - and it’s raining and you don’t have a brolly! Well, time to hit the old dusty trail with a couple other targets and a buncha people with guns chasing you and hope you don’t get too wet!
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance is Rick Remender’s latest series and it’s actually pretty decent. I’d even go so far as to say it’s his best comic in years, though that’s only because he’s put out a lotta crap in the last eight or so years!
There’s no omniscient narrator or an internal dialogue with any characters so the nameless protagonist is a mystery throughout. Who is he? What’s he doing at the house to begin with - what’s his relationship with those people? How does he have access to dark web assassin pages? Why is he getting involved when he’s clearly not an assassin himself?
We never find out, at least not in this first volume, which is my biggest critique with the book: there are too many questions and zero answers which makes for an unsatisfying narrative. But, I’m also interested in finding out the answers, so Remender at least provides a tantalising setup.
You do get glimpses of the larger storyline, though what little I saw in this book wasn’t that impressive. It seems like it’s about Jeffrey Epstein-types doing despicable human sex-trafficking shit on tropical islands for the monied elite with the big bad as a Trump proxy. It’s contemporary but not that imaginative.
I really enjoyed the laid-back, slow burn of that first issue, which read like a slice-of-life comic before segueing violently into a gory actioner. That brilliant unpredictability continues for the rest of the book so you’re always guessing as to what’s going to happen to our nameless protagonist next and what the point of it all is.
The action does dominate the book from the halfway point on, which bothered me because I wanted more information on who the characters were and why things were happening, but the action is done superbly so it’s engaging, if a bit shallow. And that’s in big part due to the magnificent artist of this series, Andre Lima Araujo, whose art is absolutely beautiful.
I’ve never been to Vancouver (one day…) but it looks great here, particularly Chinatown, and the sequencing throughout is executed so perfectly that you understand exactly what’s happening in a scene - where the characters are in a room, how they move around, how they end up where they end up. This comic is a great example of the writer and artist as well-balanced storytellers, with both complementing each other’s work to best effect for the audience. Chris O’Halloran’s subtle but appealing colours also add a lot to the stunning visuals - this is one of the best-looking comics I’ve seen in a while.
It’s too slight on story substance for my taste, but the first volume of A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance (the title also doesn’t make sense at this point either) did enough to hook me and ensure I’ll be back for the second arc. The art is the real star here but it’s also a solid action thriller that’ll entertain most fans of that genre - a decent start to a compelling new title.
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance is Rick Remender’s latest series and it’s actually pretty decent. I’d even go so far as to say it’s his best comic in years, though that’s only because he’s put out a lotta crap in the last eight or so years!
There’s no omniscient narrator or an internal dialogue with any characters so the nameless protagonist is a mystery throughout. Who is he? What’s he doing at the house to begin with - what’s his relationship with those people? How does he have access to dark web assassin pages? Why is he getting involved when he’s clearly not an assassin himself?
We never find out, at least not in this first volume, which is my biggest critique with the book: there are too many questions and zero answers which makes for an unsatisfying narrative. But, I’m also interested in finding out the answers, so Remender at least provides a tantalising setup.
You do get glimpses of the larger storyline, though what little I saw in this book wasn’t that impressive. It seems like it’s about Jeffrey Epstein-types doing despicable human sex-trafficking shit on tropical islands for the monied elite with the big bad as a Trump proxy. It’s contemporary but not that imaginative.
I really enjoyed the laid-back, slow burn of that first issue, which read like a slice-of-life comic before segueing violently into a gory actioner. That brilliant unpredictability continues for the rest of the book so you’re always guessing as to what’s going to happen to our nameless protagonist next and what the point of it all is.
The action does dominate the book from the halfway point on, which bothered me because I wanted more information on who the characters were and why things were happening, but the action is done superbly so it’s engaging, if a bit shallow. And that’s in big part due to the magnificent artist of this series, Andre Lima Araujo, whose art is absolutely beautiful.
I’ve never been to Vancouver (one day…) but it looks great here, particularly Chinatown, and the sequencing throughout is executed so perfectly that you understand exactly what’s happening in a scene - where the characters are in a room, how they move around, how they end up where they end up. This comic is a great example of the writer and artist as well-balanced storytellers, with both complementing each other’s work to best effect for the audience. Chris O’Halloran’s subtle but appealing colours also add a lot to the stunning visuals - this is one of the best-looking comics I’ve seen in a while.
It’s too slight on story substance for my taste, but the first volume of A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance (the title also doesn’t make sense at this point either) did enough to hook me and ensure I’ll be back for the second arc. The art is the real star here but it’s also a solid action thriller that’ll entertain most fans of that genre - a decent start to a compelling new title.
March 9, 2022
I'm not the biggest Rick Remender fan. I don't like his propensity to write endless, mopey monologues for his main characters, but colour me surprised - here he presents us with a taut little thriller with very little dialogue and no monologues!
And Remender certainly knows how to tell a story. His main character wants to save people who are targeted by darkweb mercenary assassins, and we don't get to find out why in this book. Normally, that would be kind of infuriating, but because this is a Remender book, chances are we'll get more volumes.
I hope you don't mind violence, because we do get that certain kind of cruelty Remender tends to like to write into his stories. There's gore, and no character is safe.
The art is great, really fits the thriller vibe. Look, you'll read this in 20 minutes, if you take your time, but it's well worth it.
(Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss)
April 8, 2022
I really can’t tel you all the ins and outs of how the main character got into what he was doing but I was entertained reading this. For a moment, I thought this was a silent comic as I got thru the first issue without any real dialogue. Some how our main character, Mr Wen I believe, finds a way on to the dark web and finds where contract killers take jobs. I’m really not sure how that happened but he sees the next victim and this innocent woman and he decides to intervene. It’s on and poppin’ from there. Now these people are after them and they are just scrambling trying to figure out the next move. Had a blast with this and I’m definitely looking forward to the next volume.
April 16, 2022
Starting like a slice of life and ending with so many fucked up deaths, and being confused 90% of the time, but in the best way possible. This is something special, reminded me why I liked Remender to begin with. Took years for him to get back to greatness after few years of duds. Give me more of this please.
June 26, 2024
I had high expectations for this book, and it exceeded them.
André Lima's artwork is outstanding, demonstrating why he collaborates only with the industry's finest.
Rick Remender's writing is superb as always. The story is simple yet profound, cinematic, and powerful.
I savored every moment. It's an absolute must-read for any comic book fan.
André Lima's artwork is outstanding, demonstrating why he collaborates only with the industry's finest.
Rick Remender's writing is superb as always. The story is simple yet profound, cinematic, and powerful.
I savored every moment. It's an absolute must-read for any comic book fan.
October 28, 2022
You can find my full review for No Flying No Tights over at their site here. This is a very different book for Remender and the art from André Lima Araújo gave this book a really grounded, yet uncomfortable feel.
April 22, 2022
A solid 3.5 stars.
May 14, 2022
On the point art, plot and characters..
It's very cool crisp art that blends well with the incidents happening
Not entirely sure of all the ins/outs but look forward to Volume 2
And I think I'm finally appreciating Rick Remenders work..
It's very cool crisp art that blends well with the incidents happening
Not entirely sure of all the ins/outs but look forward to Volume 2
And I think I'm finally appreciating Rick Remenders work..
April 4, 2022
When 'stuff' happens for an issue or two with no explanation or apparent reason it can be mysterious and tense. When that same stubborn uncertainty is carried through an entire volume it's no longer a good read.
January 31, 2024
You can barely feel Rick Remender's touch here as André Lima Araújo pulls the volume along with his terrifically detailed artwork. That's really the selling point because there's not a lot of plot going on otherwise. And that's kinda okay!
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance is a brutal read - it's about contract killers and a guy who's somehow mixed up in their world. The guy has access to the dark web service used to hire killers, which he's been using to show up early and thwart the killing. What's his deal? Unexplained. Why's he doing this? Unexplained. Who is the billionaire sex addict white dude hiring the killers? Unexplained. Who is the nameless hero trying to save? Unexplained.
There's a lot that's unexplained, obviously, but again: the artwork and pacing draw you right into the violence. Not a pleasant book, really, but undeniably engaging. The cliffhanger ending is cruel.
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance is a brutal read - it's about contract killers and a guy who's somehow mixed up in their world. The guy has access to the dark web service used to hire killers, which he's been using to show up early and thwart the killing. What's his deal? Unexplained. Why's he doing this? Unexplained. Who is the billionaire sex addict white dude hiring the killers? Unexplained. Who is the nameless hero trying to save? Unexplained.
There's a lot that's unexplained, obviously, but again: the artwork and pacing draw you right into the violence. Not a pleasant book, really, but undeniably engaging. The cliffhanger ending is cruel.
June 8, 2022
I don't know what's going on but I fucking love it!
July 14, 2022
I like that we're dumped into this story without any context but the volume is far too short to give a satisfactory conclusion.
January 25, 2024
Remender knows.
It doesn’t even have to have long, touching monologues. Just a few words, bang-bangs and you’re in. Am I? I surely am.
It doesn’t even have to have long, touching monologues. Just a few words, bang-bangs and you’re in. Am I? I surely am.
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March 22, 2022The first issue follows a guy for whom the studio will blatantly try to get Benedict Wong if this is ever filmed, over the course of one bad day. You know, just a regular forgetting your umbrella, bumping into people, we all have them, bad day. Until right at the end it becomes a stumbling into something awful, you are now in a thriller kind of bad day instead. Thrillers where a regular bod finds themselves barrelling around a world of elite killers and ruthless tycoons and slightly implausible Dark Web apps are very much not my favourite genre, and nor is Rick Remender one of my favourite writers, but André Araújo's art completely sells this one, the entirely solid and believable figures and world combining with a smart use of decompression to make the world feel real and like it's breathing. And this is how decompression was meant to work when it was first borrowed from manga, wasn't it, giving action scenes a bullet-time level of detail, and quiet moments space to really feel quiet, rather than the absolute taking the piss into which it so rapidly devolved. I wouldn't say I could tell you who these people actually are, how they got into this situation, or whether the reader is even meant to know yet. But I did enjoy spending this time with them.
(Edelweiss ARC)
(Edelweiss ARC)
August 7, 2023
Very slow paced at the start, but it gets increasingly more action packed right around the middle. The story is confusing but still intriguing: this issue is raising a lot of questions, but doesn't give any real answers. You can only guess where the whole story is going, which is good and exciting, but i hope the next issue is going to give some conclusion. The protagonist is kind of a nobody, you don't really know too much about him which makes him very mysterious. There are some glimpses that he's really torn inside, which shows in his actions. You really wanna know more about him, but besides a short visit to his mom and some doubtful choices his intentions stay in the dark.
The artwork is really good, I especially liked the whole portrait of Chinatown. You could also really feel the intensity and emotions of the characters, even without any words attached to them. My only concern is that the second issue will be too short to give enough conclusion. Still an excellent and entertaining read!
The artwork is really good, I especially liked the whole portrait of Chinatown. You could also really feel the intensity and emotions of the characters, even without any words attached to them. My only concern is that the second issue will be too short to give enough conclusion. Still an excellent and entertaining read!
June 9, 2024
Great first installment and a very different style of storytelling than Rick Remender is known for. The artist Andre Araujo really carries the mail for most of the read, and while having a "serviceable" look they do a great job of capturing the story very well, and since there are so many "silent" panels you are able to flip through at a decent pace and if you are like me and read digitally you can enlarge to single panel at a time and I was eventually ripping along at a frenetic pace to so what was going to happen next.
I like these action drama type stories where the protagonist is kind of snowballed into the action and backed into a corner. I wouldn't have been surprised if someone told me this was a long-lost Jackie Chan movie script when he was trying to break onto the American action movie scene A'la Rumble in the Bronx.
Definitely worth a look if your looking for a quick action comic
I like these action drama type stories where the protagonist is kind of snowballed into the action and backed into a corner. I wouldn't have been surprised if someone told me this was a long-lost Jackie Chan movie script when he was trying to break onto the American action movie scene A'la Rumble in the Bronx.
Definitely worth a look if your looking for a quick action comic
April 15, 2023
A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance is another cool comic from Rick Remender. This is dark crime stuff, think those brutal korean flicks. Lots of intrigue, and suspense, but also barely any dialogue, when the action hits, it hits hard. This is a very fast read, but a fun one. Remender always has good artists, and ANDRÉ ARAÚJO has a great almost european style. This is a great read inbetween some bigger ones.
March 30, 2023
This was so captivating to check out! Writer Rick Remender utilizes very, VERY little dialogue yet pushes forward with this story at a crazy speed, inviting us on this journey where you follow this character who's just trying to do the right thing in a business he has no business being in (hitmen contract) and you don't even know why he's doing it. Colour me intrigued.
July 30, 2022
The art here is amazing. The story...well, let's just say it still needs a little work. Maybe when things develop a bit more, this will all be a bit clearer.
July 28, 2022
3.5/5 This took all of 15 minutes to read. It’s slick, stylish, and the art is great. It also doesn’t make any damned sense 5 issues in. That said I’m gonna go read more…
August 19, 2023
Fast, fun, intriguing! Looking forward to vol 2
March 16, 2022
We're in a world with mainstream comics where it's considered brave – well, it's certainly rare – to let scenes play out without script, and to have quickly-read, wordless pages. I don't think I'd pegged Rick Remender as one who was capable of the more subdued comic, but the opening issue here was a nice example. There is dialogue, but a lot of the images are word free, allowing us to see the character and the miserable weather and misfortune and the pigeon-mercy-killing of our lead, as he goes somewhere for reasons unknown to us, to see people unknown to us, and to find himself at a murder site.
That style is nicely followed up in the second issue, when we certainly get a greater gist as to our man and his mission – at least, we think we do. For the other use of the near-silent is to hide what we should be being told, but to this book's credit we don't get the usual thriller writer's shtick of "I know what's going to happen/has happened/is happening, but I'm just going to do absolutely everything except tell you, the reader who pays my mortgage". Such blatant obscuring of the reality doesn't feature here, even if by the end we can be quite certain not to know what is exactly happening, who is exactly who, nor how much more is to come. This might not be doing anything exactly brand new – again, it's kind of hard to say for sure – but it is doing it in a calm way that heightens the drama when it happens, and in a way that proves action gives character where text often fails to. Enjoyable brevity.
That style is nicely followed up in the second issue, when we certainly get a greater gist as to our man and his mission – at least, we think we do. For the other use of the near-silent is to hide what we should be being told, but to this book's credit we don't get the usual thriller writer's shtick of "I know what's going to happen/has happened/is happening, but I'm just going to do absolutely everything except tell you, the reader who pays my mortgage". Such blatant obscuring of the reality doesn't feature here, even if by the end we can be quite certain not to know what is exactly happening, who is exactly who, nor how much more is to come. This might not be doing anything exactly brand new – again, it's kind of hard to say for sure – but it is doing it in a calm way that heightens the drama when it happens, and in a way that proves action gives character where text often fails to. Enjoyable brevity.
April 13, 2023
¿Habéis visto series como 'Breaking bad' u 'Ozark', en las que somos testigos de cómo personas normales se ven metidas en situaciones muy chungas y te comes las uñas pensando en cómo cojones van a salir de eso? Bueno, pues eso es lo que vais a encontrar en esta obra de dos tomos. Y os aconsejo que los tengáis ambos a mano, porque necesitaréis leerlos de una sentada.
Sonny es un ciudadano que descubre una red de asesinos a sueldo dentro de la dark web y decide impedir el asesinato de una inocente. Claro que para alguien como Sonny el tema le viene grande. Muy grande. Y es que no sólo se trata de lidiar con asesinos retorcidos y meterse en una carrera contra reloj donde un fallo los puede a la muerte o a algo peor, sino que en la dark web está metido un pez gordo que lleva una red de prostitución y mil movidas más.
Violencia a raudales, personajes carismáticos y, sobre todo, un dibujazo donde hasta el último detalle cuenta.
Y es que el dibujo es impresionante. Es visual en extremo. Te grita que corras. Que te pongas a salvo. Te convierte en la presa que siente cómo le pisan los talones, dejando claro que un solo tropiezo supone dolor. El peor dolor que hayas experimentado nunca. Sientes el aliento pegado a la nuca, el susurro ronco que asegura que la muerte es un regalo.
Y eso es todo, amigos.
Yo me he quedado con ganas de más 🥺
Sonny es un ciudadano que descubre una red de asesinos a sueldo dentro de la dark web y decide impedir el asesinato de una inocente. Claro que para alguien como Sonny el tema le viene grande. Muy grande. Y es que no sólo se trata de lidiar con asesinos retorcidos y meterse en una carrera contra reloj donde un fallo los puede a la muerte o a algo peor, sino que en la dark web está metido un pez gordo que lleva una red de prostitución y mil movidas más.
Violencia a raudales, personajes carismáticos y, sobre todo, un dibujazo donde hasta el último detalle cuenta.
Y es que el dibujo es impresionante. Es visual en extremo. Te grita que corras. Que te pongas a salvo. Te convierte en la presa que siente cómo le pisan los talones, dejando claro que un solo tropiezo supone dolor. El peor dolor que hayas experimentado nunca. Sientes el aliento pegado a la nuca, el susurro ronco que asegura que la muerte es un regalo.
Y eso es todo, amigos.
Yo me he quedado con ganas de más 🥺
December 18, 2022
One of the best action comics I have read. It’s got a thin story with sparse dialogue, but that is kind of the point, and it’s a departure for Remender. The art by Andre Lima Araujo is spectacular. It reminded me of Tradd Moore at times, but it’s less exaggerated or surreal. It can be read in one sitting, which I’m sure makes some people feeblike they maybe haven’t received their money’s worth, but I think that kind of thinking is a little misguided.
January 7, 2024
A page turner. Tension builds, while very few is said at the start, we see a common man evolve into something more. What if you or I were thrust in a position to save someone. How would we even go about it? And the less I say the better, lots of twists on this revenge tale, very gripping.
July 23, 2023
A good start, I liked the minimal dialogue, very film noir. Would like to see where it goes 👀
April 30, 2023
Hvorfor velge en så generisk tittel til en så nyskapende thriller? Dette er veldig godt fortalt.
August 10, 2024
Quick enjoyable albeit brutal thriller. Looking forward to the conclusion in the next volume.
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