Storyline: The Visitors
Date: July 16th, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Tommy Lee Edwards

Synopsis: They’re coming for us. The most dangerous villains in the Marvel Universe are here—in our world—and they’re not taking prisoners. The only people who stand between salvation and destruction are 13-year old Toby and his dad, who once was friends with the enigmatic Clyde Wyncham.

Opinion: We have reached the middle of the new series, 1985 and so far it’s been a let down.  Don’t get me wrong the concept is really cool; for those of you who are new to this series the whole idea is that all the comic book characters, good and bad, have descended into this small town to… well we’re not really sure why they’re there yet. Anyway it’s narrated by the older version of the 12 year-old boy who lived though the whole experience. The idea behind the story line is great except the series has yet to amaze.

Read my full review after the jump.

(more…)

// Subscribe // 3 comments // Add Your Opinion //

Rate This Issue:

(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

 Loading ...

Storyline: Haunted
Date: May 28, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Mark Miller
Artist: Tommy Lee Edwards

Synopsis: Before SECRET INVASION…before WORLD WAR HULK…before CIVIL WAR… The most powerful super-villains in the Marvel Universe gather their might to wreak havoc on the one place they’ve never before set foot—YOUR WORLD! As mankind’s enemies cut a swath of destruction with unprecedented ferocity and ruthlessness, the fate of the planet rests in the hands of one person: Toby, a 13-year-old boy who holds the key to uniting his comic-book idols, the Marvel Heroes! Superstars Mark Millar (CIVIL WAR, FANTASTIC FOUR) and Tommy Lee Edwards (BULLET POINTS, The Question) deliver a Marvel Event the likes of which you’ve never seen!

Opinion: This new comic is great! Well worth getting into a new series. The idea is fresh, original and the story keeps you interested. Set in 1985 the art does justice to that era of fashion, cars, and everyday American living. The reader is sucked into a story of a major super-hero battle. Only to be thrown into the mundane everyday world of 1985 without so much as an end or explanation of the battle.

Instead, the reader begins to follow the young life of Toby. We are first introduced to him when he is purchasing comics and his knowledge of comics is amazing for a 13-year-old. We learn that he is an only child of divorced parents, lives with his mom and her new swanky husband and is occasionally visited by his biological and broke father. He has a vivid imagination, one only more entertained by his comics, but that imagination is about to become real life.

Read more after the break, SPOILER WARNING!

(more…)

// Subscribe // 7 comments // Add Your Opinion //

Rate This Issue:

(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...