Saturday 31 December 2022

Number 74 - A refrigerator full of heads - Rio Youers et al

 

This is the follow up to Jo Hill's rather fun A Basketful of Heads from a couple of years back.

The story of basketful of heads revolved around an ancient Norse axe that left its victims still alive and able to talk regardless of how many pieces they happened to be in.  Given that our plucky heroine had a tendency to aim for the neck, she managed to solve the mystery around her with an ever growing collection of talking heads in a basket.

The axe is back again in this equally fun follow up. This manages to increase the insanity levels by a factor of 10 with the introduction of three more weapons, a dagger, a sword and a belt, each with their own powers which I'll not spoil for you.

There's a much bigger head count, necessitating the titular fridge for storage. It's not just humans that get chopped either. 

There are bad guys trying to collect the full set, and they'll stop at nothing to get it. 

This is big, daft, gory, violent and totally unnecessary. I loved it. 

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