Trakk: Monster Hunter

    (Image, 2003)
™ and © Image Comics, Inc.

The one thing that Realm of the Claw had going for it was it was so beautiful that it was easy to ignore some of its lowbrow screenplay moments, but, sadly, that isn’t the case with Trakk Monster Hunter.

The dark, grimy feel of the art isn’t out of place in either the pre-history or Victorian London settings but, once in the fluorescent-lit present, it looks awkward. Like Realm, this one wants to be a movie—just not a very good one.

We’ve got the generic main villain, his fabulous-babe hench, our disillusioned hero who’ll redeem himself, and the hard-as-nails parole officer heroine who can handle herself, yet still reveal herself to be beautiful when she inevitably lets down her hair. But the final straw is it took three writers to craft a “Where’s the beef?” joke.

— S.A. Bennett
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  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Cover A by Philip Tan
    Nov 2003
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Philip Tan
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    #1 Variation B
    Cover B by Simon Bisley
    Nov 2003
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    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Philip Tan
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  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    Studio Edition with cover C
    Nov 2003
    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Philip Tan
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    Cover A by Philip Tan
    Apr 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Mico Suayan
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  • 2/B
    #2 Variation B
    Cover B by Simon Bisley
    Mar 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Mico Suayan
    1 copy for $5.98
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Mar 2007
    Cover: $15.99
    W: Stan Winston, Francis Takenaga, Brian Haberlin  ·  A: Mico Suayan, Philip Tan
    Collects Trakk: Monster Hunter #1–2
    1 copy for $11.50