Ed Burns Presents: The Dock Walloper
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend New York City: It's the roaring 20s and America's great metropolis has become the nexus of high society culture, cutting edge industry and perhaps the most shocking crime wave in our country's history. Known for its sinister and treacherous underworld, there's a new power waking up the city that never sleeps. It's name… John “The Hand” Smith. The Nickname is a given. An outcast and an orphan, Smith's… Product details and pricing info |
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2 Customer Reviews Posted
- Awesome story
- Usually when a Hollywood creator comes into comics to tell a story, it almost seems like a token visit. This is one of those rare situations where it isn't that, rather a great collaboration of Ed Burns and Jimmy Palmiotti to craft an interesting character and a throw back to a great period in time. I wish the art was a touch better at times but it doesn't distract from the great story concept and execution. Glad I picked it up.
- 2008-11-12, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Packs a Wallop
- Ed Burns (actor in Saving Private Ryan) teams up with genre veteran Jimmy Palmiotti (inking for Punisher) for the first issue of this graphic novel. Dock-walloper is a slang term for a dockworker or longshoreman. The double entendre here is that the central character, John "The Hand" Smith, has a double-sized right hand that sure can pack a wallop if you happen to piss him off.
The story is set on the docks of New York City. Its prohibition time and alcohol is the underground commodity that is greasing the wheels of the mob's money machine. Italian and Irish mobs are in a power struggle for controlling the flow of liquor to all the speakeasies throughout the ominously gray metropolis.
John Smith's shadow is his buddy Bootsy, a black fellow dock laborer. John Smith is Bootsy's protection. Bootsy has two strikes against him, he's black with the jaws of racial prejudice all around waiting to take a bite, and his name is Bootsy-- not a good combination for the Roaring 20's.
Smith has just signed on with the local Irish mob boss Mugsy with the one stipulation that he has to hire Bootsy as well. Now the pair are on their way to a blind date with the Italianos. One thing's for sure--it ain't gonna be pretty.
The script, story, and artwork are all working in union nicely here. I'm on for the ride. Wherever the story is ultimately going, I've got a feeling John "The Hand" Smith is probably going to be the Last Man Standing. - 2008-02-12, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
