Scarface
Despite absorb enough cocain ( and bullets ) to kill ten horses , Tony " Scarface " Montanasomehow come through his picture show ’s epic showdown . What you might not roll in the hay is that Tony went on to star in further risky venture in IDW ’s five - partScarface : Scarred For Lifecomic miniseries .
The comic begins with a brief review of thefilm ’s event , the report opens in the aftermath of the now - iconic shootout climax to Brian De Palma ’s 1983 classic . Cops are on the scene , standing over the Swiss cheeseflower of a corpse that once was Tony Montana when it ’s reveal that he inexplicably somehow still alive . According to the book , his " scheme was so amped up on coke that it could n’t remember it was supposed to die . "
Related : Scarface Reboot Lands Call Me By Your Name film director
Tony start to carve his agency through Miami ’s drug trade . He builds a new gang while taking out former rivals , and new competition , with the sort of absurd ultraviolence one would wait from the title reference . Think death via lawnmower , feeding Union agents to alligators , gunman hold in within cooked pigs , discerp heads in Pisces tanks - generally just the kind ofcocaine - fueled insanitythat ’s par for the course for the likes of Montana .
use up out his web of pushers draws out Sosa , who decides to end Montana once and for all . And as if all this had n’t been histrionic enough , Sosa now happens to be with Elvira , Tony ’s wife fromScarface . Montana returns to his new manse one dark to find his total crew mow down and Sosa await for him . After an especially cruel torture chronological sequence that regard blowtorches , pliers , and even an electric ball - beater being used tosay hello to Tony ’s " little ally , " Montana manages to escape . And after taking a few deep breather with his head buried in a batch of cocaine , he ’s ready to seek revenge on Sosa .
The book is satiate with double , triple , and four-fold crosses as Tony goes on his rake - soaked rampage for retribution and ends in a middling ambiguous manner that may leave some readers unsatisfied . However , while the entire discharge is ridiculous and unimaginable , Capone : Scarred For Lifecontainsmore than enough guns , drugs , and violence in it to fulfill any fans of the original movie . So if someone is looking for asomehowheightened continuation of Tony Montana ’s tale , it ’s worth a read .
Next : Say Hello To My Little Friend : 10 Behind - The - Scenes Facts About Scarface
Scarface Poster Art : bySam Gilbey
