If there is one thing about Mother Nature that most people can't stand, it's all the creepy crawlies. Mice, rats, worms, slugs, bugs and, worst of all, roaches. Nobody likes roaches, especially those big hissing cockroaches that science teachers use to traumatize kids. Ick. What do you do when faced with the creepiest critters nature has to offer? Call the Exterminators, of course.
The Exterminators #1 is the start of a new monthly series from DC's Vertigo imprint. Vertigo is a "mature readers" line of books, and this comic is definitely NOT for the young or faint of heart. Henry James, the ex-con star of our story, not the dead literary giant, is fresh out of the pen and in need of a job. Lucky for Henry, his mom recently married the owner of the "Bug-Bee-Gone" extermination company. Not so lucky for Henry, he finds himself training with a loathsome creep named AJ.
The rat-like AJ is an awful human being, but he is a pretty darn good exterminator. He also has some strangely overblown ideas about the primal struggle between man and beast that is exterminating. AJ may seem a little, or more than a little, crazy, but the rest of the crew at Bug-Bee-Gone aren't exactly the most normal people either. Despite having some serious issues of his own, Henry is clearly the least messed up guy in the Bug Bin.
The story by Simon Oliver is well-written and clearly going somewhere. There may be a roach revolution on the horizon, and if Henry, AJ, and Bug-Bee-Gone are our only defense, the human race is in big trouble. The art by Tony Moore (Walking Dead and Fear Agent) is excellent. He truly brings out the repellent nature of both vermin and exterminators. The gruesome details are, well, really gruesome. You won't soon forget how Henry deals with a rabid raccoon....
So get out a can of roach spray and head over to Four Color Fantasies to try out our guaranteed Book of the Week, The Exterminators #1. Just don't stop to pet that raccoon with the nice, foamy milk moustache. You'll be really sorry if you do.
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