This was the final installment to the Meanwhile storyline. These four issues have been dragged out over about seven months, serving as a fill-in story. It really wasn't all that bad, solid art and decent writing. All the characters were likable and there was tangible danger, but it took entirely too long to wrap this thing up. Note to Marvel: Please don’t ever split up a story like this. It’s like water torture.
Captain America #3
Typically a story about a gigantic robot dressed as Cap would go straight in the flaming trashcan, but this was actually pretty good. Ed Brubaker has introduced lots of different elements in this run to the Captain America universe. Inter-dimensional travel and reality altering children are now common place in the pages of CA. A huge departure from the ultra realistic spy thrillers he was writing a few years ago. The funny thing is that all these crazy new twists don’t feel out of place at all. This book is just fun to read!
Typically a story about a gigantic robot dressed as Cap would go straight in the flaming trashcan, but this was actually pretty good. Ed Brubaker has introduced lots of different elements in this run to the Captain America universe. Inter-dimensional travel and reality altering children are now common place in the pages of CA. A huge departure from the ultra realistic spy thrillers he was writing a few years ago. The funny thing is that all these crazy new twists don’t feel out of place at all. This book is just fun to read!
Steve McNiven is truly a master of his craft. I went back thru this book just to look at his page layouts. Not the art, just the layout. It’s really that awesome to look at. It's nice to see Marvel putting it’s top talent on one of it’s flagship heroes. They knew it was important to make this character as appealing as they could after this summers feature film and they have done just that.
Justice League: Dark
My tour of the outskirts of The New 52 comes to an end with this book. Not all threats to humanity can be handled with cosmic rings and super strength. Supernatural problems call for supernatural solutions. Justice League Dark is a team constructed of magicians, warlocks, spirits and dead men. The perfect team to call on when the sky start raining “skinned babies and sliced eyeballs”. I gagged when I originally read that line.
My tour of the outskirts of The New 52 comes to an end with this book. Not all threats to humanity can be handled with cosmic rings and super strength. Supernatural problems call for supernatural solutions. Justice League Dark is a team constructed of magicians, warlocks, spirits and dead men. The perfect team to call on when the sky start raining “skinned babies and sliced eyeballs”. I gagged when I originally read that line.
This first installment is a tool to introduce the readers to the members of the team and set the creepy tone of the title. Peter Milligan handles this wonderfully. This issue reads like the first half hour of a great horror film. Mikel Janin’s pencils are realistic and eerie.
DC really has gone above and beyond what I thought they were capable of with this past months relaunch. I’m now faced with the difficult task of deciding which of the these great new titles I will permanently add to my Pull List. Hell, I might have to get a second job to keep up.-$
Panel of the Week: McNiven’s breathtaking page layouts. I loved following the shield through the page.
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