GL#48 was outstanding. GL#49 had some nice artwork, and I liked seeing John finally being able to move on, after Xanshi. I really did not like the gruesome depictions of headshots. I didn't like seeing a dead soldier's body burning in a wrecked helo. I expect to see scenes like this when I'm reading something like Unknown Soldier, but it's really out of place in this title. You can still do this kind of violence if you use a little discretion. But here, they just had to show someone's face exploding, and someone's brains being blown out. This seems to me like fake "edge" being forced into a book to appeal to that dungeon-dweller fanboy mentality that wants to see things like the Hulk as a rapist, or Ant-Man as a wifebeater. I know I shouldn't be surprised, based on the author's previous work, but I have been enjoying this title, and I just don't think that it needs to do stuff like this to make sales.
