Icon and Rocket Season One #3 This is my least favorite of the three Milestone comics, but even so, it is getting better and more interesting with each successive issue. This time around there was a reference to an alien super being who is hired by the U.S. government to eliminate problems...one of which was an alien baby who landed in Kansas in 1939. Mmm-hmm. And the alien super being kills the baby in the cradle, before its powers can fully develop. (Interesting that the date given is 1939, since Action Comics #1 was published April 18, 1938. Was that a "plausible deniability" thing? Or just having some fun? I don't know. Anyway...the primary focus of this issue was Icon and Rocket's war on drugs...and the global economic catastrophe that their actions trigger. (Hence the alien super being being brought in to solve the problem Icon and Rocket have created.) The art is a bit hard to follow at times...kind of along the lines of (forgive me) Gene Colan. You know, that fluidity which sometimes makes it difficult to discern details. But all in all this was a pretty good issue. Now bring me some more Hardware and Static, please. Especially Static.
Checkmate #4 Guest starring...speak of the devil...Superman. This was better than issue #3, which just seemed to churn in place, but I'm already losing interest in this series, I'm sorry to say, and I'm not really sure that I need the final two issues in the series. There were some good moments, though...like Green Arrow and Manhunter showing up to foil the bad guys who have invaded the Justice League satellite. I'm beginning to notice that Alex Maleev's art...which I have loved in the past...isn't quite working for me these days. His figures seem very stiff, and I don't think it measures up to the stuff he did on, for instance, Daredevil back in the day.
And from the back issue bin...
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 Cover B David Mack Death Foil I've actually read all of this five issue series (courtesy of Hoopla), but I found this lovely foil cover...and I really, really love David Mack (if you haven't read his Kabuki series...especially the later color ones...then you're missing out on some of the best comic books ever. There's a very nice omnibus series which you can get from Kindle or ComiXology for about $10 a pop...four volumes, each running to over 350 pages). So I bought it. This was an interesting series. The writing wasn't quite what I wanted it to be, but it wasn't bad. And the art. Well. If you're a Paul Pope fan, I think you'll be pleased with what Filipe Andrade has done here. (And if you're not a Paul Pope fan, well, then...prepare to fall in love.)
Next Week's Comics:
Suicide Squad #8 Part 2 (of how many? I don't know) of the Ambush Bug arc. Yeah, I actually am looking forward to that.
Jennifer Blood #1 I don't think I'm actually going to buy this...but I did read quite a few Jennifer Blood issues back in the day, so I might have to have a little look at it. It's going to be written by Fred Van Lente...and I've liked some of his stuff before. I'm also thinking this might be the first time that Garth Ennis wasn't the writer? Certainly would be the first I've read that wasn't written by him, anyway. So who knows. It could be fun.
Alas, looks like there will be no Milestone comics next week. Come on, now.
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