AT LAST IT BEGINS!!
This week's reviews include the highly anticipated and hotly debated kick-off to Before Watchmen by DC comics and we bring it to you along with much more!
Enjoy!
This week's reviews include the highly anticipated and hotly debated kick-off to Before Watchmen by DC comics and we bring it to you along with much more!
Enjoy!
Before Watchman : Minutemen #1
(DC)
Story & Art : Darwyn Cooke
(Reviewed by Anirudh Singh)
Alright, alright, the argument of
intellectual property matters for naught to me in comic books. Hence, we shall
not have it here. Instead we shall talk about Minutemen, one of
my favourite parts about the Watchmen storyline that got all too brief a time in the limelight.
This first installment from Before Watchmen starts with the story of the
Minutemen, narrated through the eyes of Hollis Mason (a.k.a Night Owl). The writing is
a little word heavy and Cooke is definitely no Alan Moore, but the art more
than makes up for it. And eventually the initial awkwardness of the writing
tumbles into a smoother narrative that gels very well with the artwork.
Darwyn Cooke does a marvelous job of
bringing back the magic of the Silver Age. With glorious colours and
art we get a sneak peek into the comings and goings of the famous
mystery men of the day: Captain Metropolis, Nite Owl, Sally Jupiter and Hooded Justice, a vigilante adept at inspiring terror in the
criminal element... and even the Comedian gets a brief flourish. Before
Watchmen : Minutemen #1 sets the perfect platform for the series and the titles to follow.
