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Daredevil: Redemption #2
Publisher: Marvel
Comics
Writer:
David Hine
Art: Michael
Gaydos
This is the second issue of a six issue mini series. The story so
far; in the rural town of Redemption Valley, Alabama, a boy has
been murdered. The sheriff is convinced that it is the result of
a satanic ritual carried out by three local teenagers, Joel Flood,
his girlfriend Adrienne Bowen and her brother Saul (who is “educationally
challenged). Joel’s mother travels to New York to enlist the
aid of Matt Murdock (Daredevil). HE agrees to take the case and
once he gets to the town he finds that the evidence against the
three is pretty strong. Saul has confessed to the murder, complicating
things further and apparently there are other secrets this town
is trying to keep. Normally I wouldn’t choose to write about
a mini-series like this but, for some reason I feel compelled. It’s
not that it’s overly remarkable, but what I do like, is that
it almost reads like a novel. When I say that I mean, the fact that
it’s a Daredevil comic book, can almost be ignored, and it
makes me wonder how he will come into play. I’m guessing that
it will be through the “devil” part of his name and
the town’s religious beliefs, but it should be interesting
to see how it works out. Not the best book, but interesting enough
to keep me reading, and the cover by Bill Sienkiewicz, doesn’t
hurt either.
-KEVIN-
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Robin #135
Publisher:
DC Comics
Writer:
Bill Willingham
Pencils:
Damion Scott
Inks: Damion
Scott and Sandra Hope
One big chase scene, yup 22 pages of someone chasing Robin around
trying to pepper his hide with arrows. OK maybe not the full 22
pages, since there is a little bit about Alfred visiting Tim Drakes
step-mother in the hospital as she recovers from the effects of
the “War Games” event in the Batman family titles. I’m
not sure what happened in this book though since halfway through
it, I got totally lost. Not in the story, but in the art. The style
changes so much that it totally took me out of the book. Generally
I like Damion Scott’s work but I’m not sure if it was
him inking his own pencils or when Sandra Hope came in behind things
started to go awry. Don’t get me wrong, it just isn’t
as crisp as the first few pages of the book, it becomes somewhat
muddled and dark. I just don’t get it unless this book was
running behind or something. Hopefully next month it will be back
to normal.
-KEVIN-
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Little Star #1
Publisher: Oni
Comics
Writer/Artist:
Andi Watson
As a person gets older and takes on more responsibility in their
life, they introduce themselves to more areas in which they can
fail. The possibly failure introduces doubts and second guessing
to the day to day activities. Now imagine this doubt being transferred
to the raising of a child. Always second guessing yourself if what
you are doing is right or if it will send the kid down the wrong
path, this is the trouble Simon Williams is experiencing with raising
his daughter, Cassie. Cassie has gotten to the age where she knows
that mom and dad aren’t the same and definitely prefers mom
to dad at this point, this adds to Simon’s doubting himself,
but he does the best job he can. I have enjoyed what I’ve
read by Watson in the past “Love Fight’s” and
“Slow News Day” have been pretty entreating and a nice
departure from “regular” comic books. I think this also
struck a chord with me because this topic has been on my mind lately
so it’s easy to feel for Simon, even though I don’t
have kids of my own and may not for a while, but the concerns are
still the same. This is a good book. Not for everyone, but a good
book.
-KEVIN-
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Runaways #1
Publisher: Marvel
Comics
Writer: Brian
K Vaughan
Pencils: Adrian
Alphona
Inks: Craig
Yeung
I forget the exact details but I think the average comic book collector
is somewhere between 23-35, male and way too fond of the X-Men. While
in the store on Saturdays, I always wonder why it is more kids don’t
come in to check out comic books. But then I remember, until lately,
most of the publishers didn’t really publish anything that was
aimed at the short attentions span of kids and their need for instant
gratification. Granted most books today can be read in less than 5
minutes but unless there is something that kids can relate to, they
may not stick around. That is what makes me love the idea of this
title so much, granted it isn’t aimed at the 7 and 8 year olds
but it does aim below the average comic book reader by having the
main characters in their early to mid teens. Forget any worried if
you weren’t around for the first volume of the series, you can
start this one without any problems. Everything you need to know is
in here. The kids have saved the world from their evil parents, and
now there is a void in the “power structure” on the west
coast (love the Wonder-Man jokes). Now the kids have to deal with
that, and the introduction of a new group of super-heroes Excelsior,
OK maybe they aren’t a real group of heroes, more of a support
group for former teenage heroes. I liked the inclusion of former heroes
from the likes of The New Warriors and Power Pack (who are coming
back by the way- this is for the young kids). Vaughan does a great
job writing a book that can appeal to all sorts of age groups, it
really says something about his skills, with the variety of writing
challenges he undertakes and pulls them off (Runaways, Y: The Last
Man, Ex Machina, and Ultimate X-Men). If you are into comic books
and have a pre teen kid or a younger sibling you want to get into
the mix, give them a copy of this book. I’m glad Marvel brought
it back.
-KEVIN-
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