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I picked up these three mags over a week ago, but only got around to reading them a couple of days back. Fans of NEAL ADAMS will find them interesting, but I felt that the art looked a bit rough in places, and the script was a little disjointed on occasion. The first issue's lettering had uneven balloon shapes, but each ish has a different letterer, so #s 2 & 3 were fine.
In #1, LOIS LANE's expression is too 'smiley' for the news she's delivering, which seems a bit strange, and SUPERMAN's face seems too 'brutish' in some panels for my tastes. However, it's an intriguing plot and I'll probably read the next three issues to find out how it all wraps up.
Entertaining enough to warrant you spending your dosh on them, but perhaps not as dynamic as you'd expect from one of the comicbook greats.
Available now at your local comicbook store.
I was a massive Neal Adams fan(he was up there with Bowie and Kenny Dalgleish for me) but I have to admit his art is a bit patchy now but it still shows signs of pure comic book genius - his writing however, oh dear ! Some freat illos and covers there but a few Adams standards as well. Saying that I will buy the series.
ReplyDeleteThere are worse comics around to spend your dosh on, McS. The mag (Supermen) is okay - just not astounding.
ReplyDeleteI've read the first three issues and in terms of writing, it's a bit more coherent than Batman Odyssey, which was just bananas. While the running "joke" of characters exclaiming "wugh!" is irritating, it's still a pretty impressive product from someone who's 74.
ReplyDeleteIt's recognizably an Adams comic, Dougie, but it's not quite as impressive as previous Adams comics have been.
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