Each week I like to review the new books that come out and especially the #1′s. I had no history with the Doc Savage character so I came in to this book unaware of this character’s long running story line from back in the day. After reading Doc Savage #1, I feel that it should have stayed “back in the day”. This character oozes boredom and so does the book. I guess if you are looking for a throw back to yesteryear where all the lead characters are full of wholesome, goody goodness, then Doc Savage will make your sweet tooth ache with the syrupy sappiness that emanates out of it. I am all for stories that don’t concentrate on death and destruction. I don’t need deep character flaws, or a ton of questionable content. But please, don’t give me a title character that literally can do no wrong. The story is almost irrelevant, though it follows Doc Savage and his companions on trying to solve a mysterious radio wave that is making the people of NY go crazy. This is told in a one shot format where there is a beginning, middle and end of the story all with in 32 pages. This is basically a step up from the Scooby Doo books. I wish there was more I could offer but I am already falling back asleep thinking about it…Yawn…
Hey Villagers, one of the books we decided to tackle this week was Justice League 3000 from DC. This is a #1 that ran into a bit of turmoil during the creation process and the release was delayed. Perhaps it would have been best to keep that delay going indefinitely. JL3000 #1 is a mish-mash of nonsense and bad art. Trying to follow this book is like giving a five year old a Rand Mcnally Atlas and telling them to go from Boston to New Mexico on their own. The story was not at all coherent and the art was horrific. I will not waste too much of your valuable time with this review, as it is I have already wasted time reading it, writing this review and subjecting you to it.
After reading my review of Doc Savage #1 and Justice League 3000 #1 you are probably thinking that I just enjoy giving books terrible reviews. Let me assure you, you are 100% wrong. There is no part of me that likes wasting valuable time reading books that are bad and having to share that with all of you. Luckily for you and I Dead Body Road #1 was released this week and it makes up for the inadequacies of the previous two titles I mentioned. Dead Body Road follows the story of a heist gone wrong, thieves trying to get revenge on those who may have caused the heist to go bad AND a rogue cop who is hunting them all down after his girlfriend, a police officer too, was killed during the heist. Dead Body Road does what many comics can’t seem to get right, its a great mix of art, writing AND the book flows so well that it leaves you wanting #2 to come out right away. It is so refreshing that Image can continue to put out great titles and you know why they can? Its because they are not shackled to the same old characters and storylines from the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s, 80′s, 90′s, 00′s and 10′s. I put all those numbers down to make a point, DC and Marvel have been trying to create something new out of the same cast of characters for almost 7 decades! They must be doing something right because they have stayed in business all these years but for the fan who wants to read something new and fresh, it is getting increasingly hard if not impossible to do it with the big two publishers. Like me, if you want original and different, Image has some of the best titles out there right now.
