From: greenidd@CS.ColoState.EDU (danielle greenidge)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Crying Freeman:Part Four #6
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:08:52 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

[some stuff about Crying Freeman deleted]

Silly St. Conty summarizes the events in Crying Freeman book 1:
	Nope.  He ends up disobeying orders, and saving the life
	of a young artist woman who he was suppose to kill after
	she witnessed one of his "hits".  They fall in love (and
	have a -lot- of sex over the course of the books), and
	she ends up becoming a part of the organization.  As far
	as I can tell, Freeman's marriage is what set him up to 
	become the next leader of the organization.

	It's been a while since I've read any of it, tho, so I
	may be slightly off....
	(But hey, how often does one get a chance to correct St.
	Conty himself? :> )

Freeman was to be set up as the next leader of the organization because
he was/is the best assassin in the 108 Dragons.  He told the former
Dragon & Tiger (his wife) that he would not take over the position unless
he was allowed to marry his girlfriend/SO  [I'm at work & my books are at
home so I can't name names :( ].  Tiger was veryvery much against this, but
Dragon said that he felt she would be good for him as long as she passed the
tests the organization would give her & if she would submit to being "fixed"
like Freeman so they wouldn't be able to have their own kids.  All this was
covered in book 1, which in IMHO was the best of the current 4 books.

Book 2 focused on another organization trying to take over/wipe out the 108
Dragons.  This organization was African based & controlled the "golden
triangle" dealing with drugs & white slavery. Freeman's wife also takes
possession of a cursed katana that always brings death to its owner & cannot
be gotten rid of until its owners death.  No, she doesn't die as she "becomes
one with the sword" by loving it and respecting it --- don't ask me what
exactly this means... I only read the comic; I don't write it! :)

Book 3 focused the wife of the dead leader of the Japanese organization killed
by Freeman in book 1 getting together with a HUGE wrestler & some really
talented old assassin dude to try to take over the 108 Dragon association by
killing the real Freeman and supplanting a fake in the 108 Dragons' mist to
control the organization.  Unfortunately for the 2 bad guys, the widow had
fallen in love with FREEMAN (as all women do :) after manymanymany (ie LOTS)
of sex sessions with him, which was to allow the 2 or 3 clones to watch & 
learn all of Freeman's sexual techniques, so the clone would be able to fool
Freeman's wife (to paraphrase: "if we can fool his wife, then we can fool
anyone else in the organization) & helps save the 108 Dragons' day. 
NOTE: Viz started a color run with this book, and unfortunately the artwork
      starts to suffer majorly (ie less details)  :(

Book 4 is now focusing on Freeman rescuing the child & possible her parents
of another organization's leader from a terrorists group made up of soldiers
from countries all over the world who can do nothing but what they do best,
and that is to follow orders and kill kill kill.  The story implies that this
organization (the one that is working with Freeman) either has a treaty or is
a sub-organization of the 108 Dragons. 
NOTE: This book comes in book 3 form (ie kinda tpb binding & in color) for
      about 4-5 issues, then VIZ drops it back to b&w with regular issue
      binding (ie X-titles, LOTDK, etc), but never completely picks back
      up in the detailed artwork.  At least the price dropped from ~$5/issue
      to ~$3/issue.

IMHO Book 4 has been the most boring book so far and due to the plot
rapidly dropping downhill after book 2, this will more than likely be
the last Freeman book I get. (well, the fact that we're buying a house
& I'm trying to cut back to save some $$ only causes me to drop this
book ASAP all the faster!)


Oh well, that's enough rambling fer me today. See (or is it read?) ya'll later!


	--Danielle.

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