As much as I do love a good dark and twisted story, I am also quite the fan of fluffy, goofy, one off side stories that round out my favorite characters. That’s the reason that I do find myself reading comics skewed towards younger readers, such as “Li’l Gotham” and “Itty Bitty Hellboy”. I am usually very excited when the adult comics I read go in a more light hearted direction, and I was very happily surprised when Secret Six even got in on this action, at least a little bit, in “Depths”. I wil...

Here's the part where I talk about how great Gail Simone, and rightfully so. She is pretty Boss! This Secret Six series is so good, the team is way cooler than the Suicide Squad and the witty banter between the members is fantastic, it adds a great sense of comic relief to most hairy situations the Six run into. The way Simone has set up each member's relationship to the other team members is also quite interesting. There are some really dynamic relationships within the team. My favorite being b...

Lots of action and fun in this volume, but it is the character building that shines through.

The first two chapters were an excellent mix of humor and anti-hero snark. This is not to downplay the remainder of the TPB which centers on the questions of restoring legal slavery to save the world, and the near dissolution of the team.

More great characterization and some nice background on our newest cast member. The Scandal Savage and Gotham stories that lead things off are both terrific. They give us nice, in-depth looks at several of the characters, advance their stories, and at time offer laugh-out-loud humor [8.5/10]. The continued story, Depths, is quite good for what it reveals about the characters, but it probably goes an issue too long [7.5/10].

This is one of the toughest reads on the Secret Six collection. With a focus on slavery, including arguments for and against, the team ends up split on ideological differences. The story is brutal, and reminds you that the Secret Six are villains, even if they spend as much time fighting other villains as they do heroes. That it can delve into issues like it does says wonders for Simone's writing abilities.

Secret Six is one of my favorite series. The Secret Six aren't heroes, that much is certain, but you can't quite call them villains, either. That position is part of what makes this book so interesting - that, and the fact that the stories are always interesting and engaging and explore the lines that we draw to distinguish between good and evil. Add to that a group of really well-written characters (some of which are hot and some of which are not, but all of which are lovable, in their way) and...

I wonder why this is so darn hard to find in stores and so expensive on eBay. Second arc of Secret Six was a great read. Scandal Savage does some serious gory stuff here. Art was decent throughout Depths.

I was so close to giving this four stars, it's almost the perfect story to plunge the Six into. But then came the half-arsed betrayals, the Amazons, and Grendel. My working knowledge of DC characters being much lower than Marvel, this last came as a surprise. And it depresses me for some vague reason that Grendel exists within the DC universe. Probably other people feel the same way about the Amazons, or Hercules, or Thor and the gang. Well with Grendel at least (view spoiler)[Wonder Woman snapp...

Every bit as enjoyable as the first volume, with the added benefit of a more interesting story. The headline story, Depths, is probably helped by at least a passing understanding of Amazons. Lucky me, I have that understanding. But even without that, watching each character have individual reactions to finding themselves in the role of defenders of slavery. It's interesting to see how prisons, and the treatment of prisoners in particular, is Bane's hot button issue. As well it should be. I'm gla...

We once again join our favorite anti-hero troupe, this time having to navigate Amazons, a prison island, and an event filled double date. I gotta say, this series is still going pretty darn strong for me.I definitely love the humorous story lines more than the serious ones, though that isn't to say that I dislike the darker tone. The funny story lines just jump off the page, letting the characters fully shine and banter off each other, which is my favorite part of this series. I like Deadshot an...

This took what started in volume 1 and took it further and crazier and even better. A chapter in here takes place in a Batmanless Gotham city, which alone makes the book worth reading. The humor in this volume is stepped up and makes for even a more entertaining read than the first. Based on the first two I plan to continue to check out the other volumes.

This volume got me thinking how similar the dynamic of the Secret Six is to the crew of the Serenity in Firefly. The crew of the Serenity with a much lower average sanity and a much lower regard for human life. Not only is this book a fun wild ride, it's a fascinating examination of human relationships and right and wrong by degrees.

As much as I enjoyed Unhinged, I have to agree wholeheartedy with other reviewers who've pointed out the improved writing in Depths. From the opening scene with Scandal, Liana and Insignificus, Simone displays her trademark ability to blend the banal with the extraordinary: the encounter in the supermarket is layered, funny and revealing.(as an aside, I love Insignificus: Simone's skewering a very particular kind of misogyny here and I think it's brilliant. Even while he's superficially obsequio...

This is actually the second trade of the current series. For some reason, the subtitle "Depths" is not showing up in the title. Awesome read, Ragdoll is crazy, Catman is badass, and Deadshot is awesome. All of the characters are very interesting. Gail Simone, you rock my world!!

After the brutal carnage of the first volume, the second seems almost tame by comparison. Battle lines are drawn as the team faces both love and prison duty. Summonded to a remote island, the Six are asked to be jailers and oversee the slave mine being run. The discovery of the Amazon warrior Artemis amongst the prisoners - as well as their horrific treatment - splits the team down the middle. Forced to battle Wonder Woman, each other, and the mythical Grendel, the Six proves that every family i...

Issue #8 is a MASTERPIECE!!! I think I'd never laughed so hard as I did when Scandal Savage was at the Val-Star or when they went to a double date together. The dark humor was perfectly written and I screamed with laughter most of parts.I'm a big fan of the Amazons and I usually love the stories involving them, but this one didn't particularly caught me, the slavery issue and all. That's why I gave the 4 stars and not 5.

How is Gail Simone not the Editor-In-Chief of DC Comics yet? Everything she writes is great! She took a series about a ragtag group of villains that no one would care about (save for Deadshot and Bane), and made them into a weird AntiHero Team of villains who take any job, but usually go against the orders as it seems to be against their code of ethics.

Review forthcoming.

The two standalones that open this volume are hilarious. First, Deadshot and Jeannette go on a double date with Scandal and Liana. The neo-Nazis from the first book continually try to attack them but Deadshot sneaks away to secretly take them out. Then Bane, Catman, and Ragdoll (cosplaying as Robin) stop a series of child kidnappings. There is a scene of Bane attempting to sing to a toddler that made me laugh out loud.I liked the main story, too. The crew gets hired to help maintain the world’s