Issue two you say? Well yes that's correct this is issue two that I'm reviewing because more than likely you didn't get to read issue one because it was under ordered and quite popular, or hey screw you I didn't feel like writing anything for issue one because I for one felt like nothing happened in the issue to warrant a review.
As for issue two though? Let's say the story takes a mighty leap forward from the first issue which was fine because the first issue was just laying the foundation that the next two issues would take place in. Vaughn also adds history to Logan's character (Even if Marvel can't make up their mind about whether or not Wolvie was in Germany, Russia or Japan during WWII) that adds a great deal of depth to the story. Even though the third issue is sure to be mostly fighting a seemingly unstoppable character, the issue should tie up the mini nicely and add yet another successful check mark on Marvel's Knight Line which has become mini series telling the stories in-between the events that made them the people they are. The art is also very fitting and the colorist does a great job of bringing the book to life. My comic shop guy said it best when he called the artist Frank Miller junior. I would definitely say that he's doing his best to homage Miller and Claremont's six issue series from the 80's. All in all it's a very good book but it would probably be easier to read and find in trade paper back form.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Marvel Knights - Logan, By: Brian K. Vaughan
Friday, August 17, 2007
All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #6
Wondering what's going on in this book? Yeah I think most people do too. It's not that the story and art aren't good, it's that each issue takes almost 6 months to come out and by the time it does who the hell remembers what's going on with it? That and Mr. Miller seems to be jumping slightly forward in time with each issue. It's taken 6 issues now just to the next night after Robin's family's murder. Most of the characters are crazy. Black Canary is freaking cool, but nothing like the Black Canary anyone's come to know in the last few years. Batman really, truly, is psychotic and I'll be damned if I don't love it. Other than Frank Miller's crazy story that's made so many fans scream bloody murder, Jim Lee's art is top notch. He loves having the characters kick through windows and peoples teeth on full splash pages. This issue has two splash pages, one for Black Canary (Kicking teeth with her left foot) and one for Batman (Kicking through a car window with his left foot). Most comic fans love to hate this book, yet every time it comes out it sells out in an instant. Frankly I love the craziness of the book and it's the only book that I'll let the Superstar attitude fly on. Other book's like Ulimates and such have had too many strikes, so if the books stops coming out on time... I stop reading it. But Miller and Lee get a free pass due to their track record. If you're not reading this book then you probably shouldn't. It's not going to make any new comic fans but it'll probably keep them talking for a long time.