The Mask: Hunt for Green October

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 I'm a big fan of The Mask. Jim Carrey portrayed him so amusingly that I wanted to be a trickster god at some point. Along with the cartoon series, The Mask is easily on of the most wacky and hilarious characters I've ever come to know.

 Then I stumbled upon a comic book featuring the Mask and oh boy was he different. First off the actual mask looks like it was made from Killer Crocs hide :D As you can see on the cover here.

 Along with that, the story is a lot darker than the characterization we've been accustomed to. I've only read the first one so I'm gonna dive into that first. So fair warning, SPOILERS AHEAD.

 It starts off with a tribe of witch doctors trying to cast a spell to create the mask. They get killed off by hunters and ninjas and other strange people in search of the mask as well. The person that tried to put it on dies and it was revealed that this mask was another fake.

 It jumps to a scrawny man who runs a pawn shop reluctantly buying the mask off some lady. I'm not sure if this man is Stanley Ipkis like in the movie and show. But he's had some dark times. His wife died and the shock rendered his daughter unable to speak. Also he's an artist that's lost full control of his arms due to an accident. Dark Dark Darky already.

 Then pseudo-Stanley finds out the man behind his wife's death is starting a new business fixing up the city. This drives the main character mad and when he sees his daughter looking at him while he yells he felt even more crushed.

 Later on, the main character tries to make a Halloween costume for his daughter and decides to try on the mask. Then BOOM! Mayhem insued. He becomes the mask and starts wrecking up the town committing violent acts up and around the city. He does so with the usual mask antics and featuring The Mask's many impersonations. He even manages to stop a robbery.

 The main character awakes to find that his "dream" was being reported on the news. The media dubs him as the Big Face Killer and a menace to society. However, he finds his daughter watching the news as well with a smile on her face. This encourages the father to continue using the mask.

  There were some character reveals along the way with Walter (The pale zombie man who chases the Mask) and Kellaway (The police lieutenant that tries to arrest the Mask) but their part of the story has not been shown yet. 

 It's funny to see what the mask was originally meant to be and what he actually turned out to be later on. I'm oddly titillated by this darker interpretation of the Mask. He's certainly more chaotic and dangerous and a lot less kid friendly.  But he still makes me laugh mostly because of his crazy personalities. 

 So let me know in the comments, Are you a fan of the psychoticly brutal yet still insane version of The Mask?