krikkit13
04-21-2005, 12:21 PM
Writer: B. Clay Moore
Pencils: Jeremy Haun
Inks: Andre Parks
This title has been on the shelves for a little while, but I finally got around to picking it up. It didn't do so well in most of the reviews I read, but I'm a sucker for WWII era stuff, so I went for it anyway. Straight up: as a first issue, I'm not sold on this.
I really dug a lot of Haun's concept art, and I like the cover, but the internal stuff isn't really on the same level. I like the design for the Artificial Man, the Proud American, and the British guy with a clock on his chest. I'm not so keen on Quinn Rey (standard Aqua-man), or on the Flash-type character. Storytelling wise, the art isn't bad, but I felt that some of it was stiffer than it should have been. The pencils also look like they may have been overpowered by the inks.
I'm not sure who the colorist is (I'm at work and looked it up at TFAW), but the colors are all a bit flat - not as nice as the work on the cover.
Moore's writing is ok here - the story is kinda Golden Age deconstructionist, but that doesn't really bother me so much as the characterization:
Moore doesn't let us know what their "abilities" are at all - we see the Flash-type as being fast, but not as fast as his PR leads people to believe. We now Quinn-Rey is an "aqua-man" and that he's strong, but that's it. There's nothing on the Artificial Man other than that he is an artificial man. Nothing on the Proud American, and nothing on the British guy.
The speedy guy and Proud American come across as downright unlikeable, and the others have almost nothing to base an opinion on. There are a whole lot of identical goverment types doing the recruiting, but they are so similar that I'm having a hard time picking out one as any kind of a lead. I hope he gives us a character we can identify with, 'cause so far there isn't a whole lot to go on.
The team hasn't gotten together yet - they are saving that for issue 2 - and there is little to no action in the first issue - for a WWII comic, even a deconstructionist one, I expect a bit more.
I think the book has been delayed a few times, and if it continues to suffer delays I'll probably tune out future issues. I'm curious as to where this is going, but they'll have to step it up a notch to keep me as a reader.
Has anyone else read this? What did you think?
Pencils: Jeremy Haun
Inks: Andre Parks
This title has been on the shelves for a little while, but I finally got around to picking it up. It didn't do so well in most of the reviews I read, but I'm a sucker for WWII era stuff, so I went for it anyway. Straight up: as a first issue, I'm not sold on this.
I really dug a lot of Haun's concept art, and I like the cover, but the internal stuff isn't really on the same level. I like the design for the Artificial Man, the Proud American, and the British guy with a clock on his chest. I'm not so keen on Quinn Rey (standard Aqua-man), or on the Flash-type character. Storytelling wise, the art isn't bad, but I felt that some of it was stiffer than it should have been. The pencils also look like they may have been overpowered by the inks.
I'm not sure who the colorist is (I'm at work and looked it up at TFAW), but the colors are all a bit flat - not as nice as the work on the cover.
Moore's writing is ok here - the story is kinda Golden Age deconstructionist, but that doesn't really bother me so much as the characterization:
Moore doesn't let us know what their "abilities" are at all - we see the Flash-type as being fast, but not as fast as his PR leads people to believe. We now Quinn-Rey is an "aqua-man" and that he's strong, but that's it. There's nothing on the Artificial Man other than that he is an artificial man. Nothing on the Proud American, and nothing on the British guy.
The speedy guy and Proud American come across as downright unlikeable, and the others have almost nothing to base an opinion on. There are a whole lot of identical goverment types doing the recruiting, but they are so similar that I'm having a hard time picking out one as any kind of a lead. I hope he gives us a character we can identify with, 'cause so far there isn't a whole lot to go on.
The team hasn't gotten together yet - they are saving that for issue 2 - and there is little to no action in the first issue - for a WWII comic, even a deconstructionist one, I expect a bit more.
I think the book has been delayed a few times, and if it continues to suffer delays I'll probably tune out future issues. I'm curious as to where this is going, but they'll have to step it up a notch to keep me as a reader.
Has anyone else read this? What did you think?