Hey folks! Another new week, another bunch of new comics for you! This week we got a trio that covers some excellent titles from the Big-3! Enjoy!- Waiting-for-the-weekend Akshay
All-Star Western #12
(DC)
Story : Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin
Gray
Art : Moritat
(Reviewed by Anant Sagar)
Ah, Jonah Hex! What new madness have
you brought before us.
All-Star western takes
place primarily in Gotham City back in the days of the wild wild
west. Not the Will Smith movie. With our heroes (of
sorts) Hex and Dr. Arkham captured and chained, we wonder what in
God’s name is going on. Their “guest-star” this time, a crazy
young lady by the name of Tallulah Black, has managed to escape the
chains our friends are caught in and ends up saving their backsides
all by herself. And boy is she violent! Chops of heads with an axe,
throws knives, shoots bad guy brains out - damn this girl is nuts.
She’s also tappin' Jonah!! Not much about Jonah Hex in this issue,
seems to be very backstory driven about his meeting with Wayne (yes,
Batman’s ancestor). But apart from the little bit of action with
the crazy chick, this issue kind of bored me.
Art’s ok, story is ok. Re-readability
was just not there for me.
SCORE : 5 / 10
America's Got Powers #3
(Image)
Story : Jonathan Ross
Art : Bryan Hitch
(Reviewed by Akshay Dhar)
Damn good fun!
Last week I reviewed Idolized #1
which was about a super-powered version of reality-dreck like
American Idol and found it wanting – THIS book however was
intriguing at issue #1 and at #3 all I can say is : THIS IS HOW IT'S
DONE!
Jonathan Ross has done a fantastic job
building a nice mythology about this world where a strange event gave
random kids super-powers and the world having adjusted to handle it.
All told through the prism of our hero, Tommy Watts, who was the
non-powered kid brother of a super. All supers are part of a
gladiator-style arena combat, they live comfortable lives and are
compensated when someone gets critically injured, crippled or even
killed, but the show must go on and it does.
Our story kicked off with introductions
to all this and then the surprise reveal that Tommy seems to be more
powerful than anyone that's ever been seen before – and of course
the evil military-industrial-corporate biggies who run the show, want
to figure him out so they can ensure the future of their evil scheme
(which is revealed here, but I won't spoil it!). Except they can't
figure him out and he still gives off no energy despite whooping an
entire arena in one-shot. So they make him fight and see what
happens.
Underground resistance groups, big
overlord government, underdog hero and a strange twist on powers,
particularly Tommy's (now known as “Zero” because he rates as
that on a power scale) all make this both an entertaining read and a
unique take on a lot of familiar stuff. Nicely handled and after a
hesitation at the first issue, I'm sold on seeing where this goes and
the as-always excellent art and awesome action showcased by artist
extraordinaire Hitch makes this series a winner.
SCORE : 7.8 / 10
Web of Spider-Man #129.1
(Marvel)
Story : Stuart Moore
Art : Damion Scott
(Reviewed by Anubhav DasGupta)
Web of Spider-Man and the
current Spider-Man comics celebrate an era I’m not very familiar
with.
Sure, we all know how a spider bit
nerdy little Pete and gave him Spider powers, but the rest of the
story (or at least most of it) is quite spottily remembered by nobody
except for the most hardcore Spidey fans - and I’m not one of those
guys. So if you’re looking for some perspective on how this comic
pays homage to Spidey’s past, you’re not going to get it here.
Web of Spider-Man #129.1 is about
Spidey reuniting with former colleagues who were a part of a
superhero group called The Brooklyn Avengers. Now these guys are all
Z-listers, with hipster names like Psi/Fi and Hypst’r, but Spidey
hangs around for the nostalgia and also because of a super-heroine
called Paintball whom he had a crush on a long time ago.
This is a very fun comic, with a decent
story and decent writing. The art is quite cartoon-y, like a healthy
mixture of Sergio Aragones and Humberto Ramos. It
boasts a lot of energy, and packs quite a lot of punch.
Read this if you’re looking for
twenty pages of fun, and it’s a great jumping on point, too, even
for the two people in the world who know nothing about Spider-Man.
SCORE : 7 / 10
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