Thursday, April 5, 2012

Chew Volume 5: Major League Chew TPB [2012] by John Layman & Rob Guillory


CHEW VOLUME 5: MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW TRADE PAPERBACK
Both Tony Chu and John Colby are transferred out of the FDA. Tony becomes a meter maid under Lt. Marshall Mello who adores him compared to his previous boss Mike Applebee. He also discovers his daughter Olive is missing while tracking down culprits from a bank robbery.

Olive is kidnapped by Mason Savoy with his partner FDA Agent Caesar Valenzano. Caesar and Agent Vorhees investigate a coffee shop where the coffee “talks” back. Olive makes a deal to be their partner so they will track down the owners of the coffee shop. Meanwhile her father Tony is kidnapped by his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend Dan Franks who works a sports writer and wants to use Tony to write a baseball sex book.  

Agent John Colby gets transferred to the USDA where his boss Director Penya is just as bad as Mike Applebee. His partner is a cyborg lion Agent Buttercup and together they investigate a counterfeit ring. Afterwards Colby ends up sleeping with his boss Director Penya.

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Mason and Caesar investigate a butter sculpting competition where the sore loser killed people
- Mason, Caesar, and Olive track down Hershel Brown who makes weapons out of chocolate
- Mason reveals cibopaths become what they consume
- Olive takes a bite out of Hershel Brown and starts making chocolate weapons
- Amelia tracks down her ex-boyfriend Dan to find her current one Tony Chu
- Tony Chu uses his skills from baseball to save her girlfriend Amelia from her ex Dan
- USDA Agent John Colby has a new partner in Poyo

This paperback collects
Chew #21–25

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5