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Rob reviews Raze #5... Samuel Willis and Tremayne Pimm are back with issue 5 of their comic book series, Raze .  With tensions within the group at an all-time high, they now have to deal with Mark who's gone missing in the woods. Meanwhile, Joe (who's infected by the virus) has escaped from the house and is also loose in the very same woods... Last time I sat down with Raze  I had a bit of a mixed reaction. While it's easy to see both Willis and Pimm 's passion for their project, it's a little disjointed. Where the duo does well in portraying the impending horror and tension within their character group. It's then let down by some odd pacing, and it's a general sense of shallowness.  So, how does Raze #5 fair?  Picking up straight after the events seen in issue #4, Raze #5 opens with Victoria's realization that Joe has gone from near-death to disappearing altogether. As she alerts Ashley and Ian to the situation, we then switch to youngster...

Rob checks out Raze by Samuel Willis & Tremayne Primm... ' The Walking Dead ' meets ' 28 Weeks Later ' as indie comic Raze makes its bite within a world on the brink.  Set over four 28-page issues  Raze tells the story of a group of seemingly ordinary people who are thrown together due to the onset of a virally induced apocalypse. Throughout this opening arc, we follow these people as they face the initial shock of their situation, to then attempt to survive this new world. It's an incredibly fast-paced narrative that takes you from one extreme to the next, but in doing so sacrifices its humanity in the process.  The opening issue is arguably this series' best outing. We're quickly thrown into the action as a simple traffic jam turns into a fight for survival. We're introduced to our core cast of characters as they live through this moment. It's frantic and quite chaotic as Willis & Primm utilise plenty of classic "zombie...