This weekend, after what feels like years of debating over it, I finally made the time to read all four issues of the late Dwayne McDuffie's (first) 1989 Damage Control run.
This mini-series followed the Marvel Universe's premier superhero related restoration and reconstruction company as they went about the daily goings on of Marvel New York. From moving giant robots, to repairing houses turned into glass and even repairing their own image, Damage Control went about completing it all.
I have to confess, I wasn't sure what to expect from this series. Having read the World War Hulk aftermath mini some years ago, I did think (given its creation date) something a little more serious and darker.
However, despite this being the case, McDuffie expertly married the ideas of serious and silly quite nicely in this series. Damage Control read very much like satire, as it commented on both the ludicrousness of the tasks the team has to handle as well poke fun at the heroes and villains who cause these situations (exhibit A, the early appearance of the Wrecking Crew's Thunderball, as an example).
Meanwhile, I never really gotten on with the silver/bronze age styles (a consequence of my late arrival, i guess), but the art by Ernie Colon (as well as inker Bob Wiacek) feels particularly fitting for this run. The art, which imbues that silver/bronze age sensibility (the latter more so than the former, naturally) looks particularly in keeping with the idea of Damage Control, this Mad Men-esque office with stereotypical yet unique characters. Therefore, Colan's style and flair is very in keeping here.
Damage Control is a fun little comic that, while isn't deep or the cause of tremendous ramifications, is a good yarn to chill put to for an afternoon.
It certainly makes me wish that a more modern series could be creates in order to compare it to.
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