Its been a while since a comic book has blown my mind. This week is no different. That doesn't mean you shouldn't continue reading!
Second Place:
Justice League: Darkseid War Special #1
Unless Geoff Johns covers a couple things in the regular run of Justice League, some readers are going to be confused. There are a couple plot points that look like their going to be pretty important as The Darkseid War moves forward.
But overall? Eh. Seemed like we could have banged through this issue in a couple pages of the regular book. We get TONS of exposition about Grail and Myrina's backstory, and more exposition about what its like when your soul gets pulled into Power Ring's ring. Seemed like a lot of story to get to the big business of Steve Trevor being the lynch pin of Grail's plan and Cyborg getting Jessica Cruz out of the ring. See how easy that explanation was?
The art was solid. It was really nice seeing Ivan Reis do some Green Lantern-y things penciling the Jessica Cruz pages. Reis got help from Oscar Jimenez and Paul Pelletier and it all came together pretty smoothly. I haven't gotten a Reis book in a while and it was really refreshing to see his work.
First Place:
Justice League: Darkseid War Special #1
Unless Geoff Johns covers a couple things in the regular run of Justice League, some readers are going to be confused. There are a couple plot points that look like their going to be pretty important as The Darkseid War moves forward.
But overall? Eh. Seemed like we could have banged through this issue in a couple pages of the regular book. We get TONS of exposition about Grail and Myrina's backstory, and more exposition about what its like when your soul gets pulled into Power Ring's ring. Seemed like a lot of story to get to the big business of Steve Trevor being the lynch pin of Grail's plan and Cyborg getting Jessica Cruz out of the ring. See how easy that explanation was?
The art was solid. It was really nice seeing Ivan Reis do some Green Lantern-y things penciling the Jessica Cruz pages. Reis got help from Oscar Jimenez and Paul Pelletier and it all came together pretty smoothly. I haven't gotten a Reis book in a while and it was really refreshing to see his work.
Poe Dameron #1
$4.99 price tag aside, it was going to be hard to keep me away from a Charles Soule/Phil Noto joint. Chewbacca wasn't all that, but Noto's art was enough to make sure I read each issue. And Noto's on his game again here.
His likenesses of Oscar Issac and Carrie Fisher never waver. There is never any doubt who those characters are. If this was the publishing standard for actor likenesses, everyone else would be out of a job. As for the rest of the art, there was a brightness in Chewbacca that's lost here. We deal with a lot of dark locales and earth tones. But that's not necessarily Noto's fault.
Charles Soule writes an interesting story where we get to flesh out how Poe finds Lor San Tekka (Max von Sydow) at the beginning of The Force Awakens. Soule has a bit of leeway in writing most of the cast, but does a stellar job with General Leia Organa. With Noto's likeness, you can hear Carrie Fisher deliver each line.
Soule has some work to do ironing out the Poe bits since we don't have a lot to work with. Yeah, Poe is pretty jovial in The Force Awakens, but he comes off a little too jovial at times.
This was a cool book. Two creators at the top of their game giving us some new Star Wars before Episode VIII.
Panels of the Week:
Phil Noto – CRUSHING it.
-Gint
Panels of the Week:
Phil Noto – CRUSHING it.
-Gint
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