Welcome to another new week of comics
and to start things off we have a trio of fantastic new #1's that we
think you will really enjoy!
So what are you waiting for? Read on!
Deadpool Kills the Marvel
Universe #1 (Marvel)
Story : Cullen Bunn
Art : Dalibor Talajic (art) and Lee
Loughridge (colours)
(Reviewed by Anant Sagar)
Yes true believers, you read that
correctly. Deadpool kills the marvel universe.
Have you ever wondered what would
happen if Deadpool finally lost it and went all out against everyone?
What would happen to Wade? Would he kill or be killed? A DP vs FF
face-off - who would survive?
All such questions are now answered.
The issue begins with the Watcher
telling us of the death of the Fantastic Four. Deadpool kills them
all. Gets his head blown off by Sue Richards, grows it back (Yes,
this is a “what if” and he has his healing factor here!) and
kills her too.
Now as we continue, we find out that DP
was actually brainwashed, or that a minute super villain by the name
of Psycho Man tried to brainwash him. But the results were
somewhat different than what was expected. Psycho Man’s plan was to
brainwash Earths super villains to make an army for himself.
Trying
to fool with Wade’s head drove him mad(der) and caused him to go
berserk. He kills Psycho Man and all the inmates in Ravencroft
Asylum.
There's the quintessential “Cool guys
don’t look at explosions” while walking away from the bursting
building.
And cut back to the killing of the FF.
Deadpool brings down the Watcher. Yes, he brings him to Earth and
kills him. Not before asking him “Who were you talking to?” A
reference to the Watcher telling us the story.
This issue is from what I can see, an
excellent start to a story arc that should be awesome. Everyone loves
them some blood and gore and with the Merc with a Mouth going
ballistic on the Marvel U, things can’t get much better.
SCORE : 9 / 10 (Cuz
a Watcher dying is just awesome.)
Harvest #1
(Image)
Story : A.J. Lieberman
Art : Colin Lorimer
(Reviewed by Akshay Dhar)
Yet another brilliant kick-off to a new
series from the folks at image. It is bordering on the ridiculous a
little here folks, just the sheer number of fantastic new series'
these guys have been green-lighting.
This latest follows a coke-addled,
solidly drunken surgeon named Benjamin Dane who right-royally screws
up everything from his life to his career and then proceeds to not
just beat it into a pulp but set that on fire and then flush the
remains down the toilet. And when all the dust from that has barely
even settled, he finds himself suddenly doing some
underground/black-market surgery with his own life and limb on the
line. And this isn't even the whole setup. Following this the
mysterious organ harvesting folks suddenly pop into his life and from
there on it's clearly down a whole new rabbit-hole for him.
Visceral, real and very much
in-your-face, this is one of the most intense comics I've read in a
while that in fact has ZERO action and is purely character driven.
The story itself takes a back-seat to the trials and tribulations of
our disgusting hero, the foolish every-man who ruins himself because
he knows no better and lets success destroy his life – rock bottom
being just the tip of a dangerous and strange new ice-berg. And all
this rendered in a very stark style that just accentuates the story
by the clearly talented Lorimer sets a very nice opening issue for
this series.
I have no idea where Lieberman plans to
take this, but it is definitely a win for now in my book simply for
braving new ground and doing what only the best story-tellers do –
the unexpected. And believe me when I tell you that even after
reading this review, there will be lots in this you will not expect.
SCORE : 9 / 10
Think Tank #1
(Image)
Story : Matt Hawkins
Art : Rahsan Ekedal
(Reviewed by Akshay Dhar)
Take one lazy, self-loathing scientific
genius/smart-ass and throw in some beyond the cutting-edge science
and the US military defence department, a sprinkling of humour and
some unique takes on how all this works in a story and you've got one
very awesome new issue!
Essentially our “hero” is a
super-genius former child-prodigy who's worked for DARPA (advanced
research arm of the military) since forever who's reaching his
breaking point in a way as he wants to find a way to stop making
things that are created with one aim in mind and are invariably used
for their most military-like application and people die. There's a
power play with him and his uniformed over-seers and to top it off,
he's a guy who can't shut his brain off, so even when he doesn't want
to do anything – he invents something.
Crisply written in such a way that you
breeze through the issue, yet every character is crafted well and the
story is hardly “fast” - more a pretty solidly-but-comfortably
packed and streamlined script – and it keeps you engaged from start
to finish.
And in a pleasant turn, the art is in
black, white and grey – a style that I personally love and find
gets much maligned in comics. Not enough comics make good use of this
type of art, but Ekedal not only uses it here but blows the
competition out of the water. The man has a very distinctive style of
art and design that shows some influences here and there but always
maintains its own look. Couple that with nicely laid out panel work
and excellent use of simple shades of grey that really bring out the
art and you have some solid work by a promising artist.
Intended to (as the writer states)
“make people like science”, this comic show me something I
haven't seen outside of the recently concluded (and always fantastic)
TV series Eureka (a personal fav!) that just ended, this book
really seems to be taking the ideas of the creative and fun aspects
of science and fiction and just having a great time.
Highly recommended!
SCORE : 10 / 10
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