LIBRARY JOURNAL -- This gloriously goofy action epic
from former Marvel editors Leheup and Girner and rising artist Vendrell
introduces a new kind of hero in the form of the titular hirsute macho man.
Raised by a race of civilized bears until a tragedy saw him eschew society and
embrace a solitary life of bear slaughter in the woods, Shirtless Bear-Fighter
is the only one capable of saving the day when an evil industrialist with an
army of bears at his disposal launches attacks upon cities across the United
States. Before long, our hero himself is in the middle of a vast conspiracy with
ties to his own tragic origins. Collecting the entire five single issues of the
series, this volume is about as silly as it sounds. And while the humor works a
tad better when it veers more absurd and less scatological (and it does get
fairly scatological), it's a total blast to spend some time in this very
strange, bizarrely well-developed world. VERDICT Featuring almost as many jokes
as Shirtless Bear-Fighter has hairs in his thick, inky black beard and an
admirable devotion to a ridiculous concept, this title has the exact right
energy to garner a huge following.-TB<br /><br /><br />