Also, I wanted to go through the 2018 Fantastic Four issues before getting this years books looked at (and that has also taken a bit of time to get to).
Star Trek IDW 20/20 Image from Comixology |
Now, I've always loved Star Trek the TV show, but the comics never really appealed to me. However, while Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken certainly changed that and help hook me in, I struggled to find a subsequent run which I enjoyed just as much. This one shot, unfortunately, continue that run as it still failed to live up to my lofty aspirations set by Mirror Broken. I think the thing that got me about it was how' you are here' it was, not really setting everything up sufficiently and assuming you would know all the players which, while I do, it doesn't hurt to start the story at the beginning instead of halfway through.
That said, it wasn't all bad as the premise was an interesting one and, I have to confess, if they made a mini-series charting this early life of Picard I would pick it up, especially if J.K. Woodward was drawing it. I really love Woodward's art (it's lack of presence may have been a key reason for my problems with Through the Mirror) and to see him so accurately portray Picard and Beverly but with a younger slant was just gorgeous. For me, this art was what I enjoyed most about the issue but I think the same could be said about anything with Woodward's art (I still maintain that he should draw Star Trek on an ongoing basis.
Overall, however, I think I could take or leave this issue. While it was gorgeous to look at, it was only an ok read. However, if they David and Woodward came back to do a mini to follow on from this, I'm not sure I'd say no.
Fantastic Four #6, the beginning of the Herald of Doom. Image from Comixology. |
This arc took me a couple of reads to get on board with, as after my initial catch up and read through of the first couple of arcs for this new run, I did worry. This certainly was the case with issue 6, as I struggled to find the story overally compelling, although the characters and their dynamics certainly felt familiar and made me happy to see. The things which I think got to me was:
- The almost immediate use of the FF's big two villains (I'd have thought they'd be held until later in the run)
- How this arc seemingly undoes all of Doom's 'growth' in Invincible Iron Man, Infamous Iron Man and Marvel 2-in-1. And
- How the book immediately seems to jump into standard superhero fares, despite my hope that it would mostly avoid that.
Fantastic Four #7 and this Ribic cover is gorgeous. Image from comixology |
Meanwhile, I loved the art of both issues, with Jason Kuder's style making me think back to the Waid/Wieringo run (although the story did that too now that I think about it) and Esad Ribic's covers looking truly spectacular. Suffice to say, while I may have been worried to start with, this arc turned me around as it has gone on and I am looking forward to issue 8.
And with that, January and February's pull list is all read up. It's been an ok couple of months worth of titles (for me anyway. Everyone else, this is a third of a week I bet) but hopefully, with the return of Lazarus, Detective 1000 and the end of Black Science, March's pull list will be far superior.
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