What I Bought 4/27/2011

I was talking NBA playoffs elsewhere on the Internet last night, and I saw the Spurs were losing so I typed in something about how they were about to get bounced. Naturally they came back and won in overtime. They do a very good job tormenting me it seems. Shouldn't expect anything less from a professional organization. Only one comic this week.

Power Man and Iron Fist #4 - Danny, in an attempt to KO Noir, instead punches a hole in a window. Of a building sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Good one, Fist. Meanwhile, the mask of Columbina has taken control of Joy Meachum, and we learn her (Columbina) and the rest of her troupe's tale of woe. Which involves Baron Mordo. Hey, it could have been worse. It could have involved Dr. Doom.

Danny and Victor escape, and Danny fortunately thought ahead to call Luke Cage to pick them up. They figure out a white supremacist group is connected to the Crime-Buster murder, but that gets temporarily shelved when Danny blows up at Vic for not making sure the possessed Joy (who was trying to kill Victor) reached safety. Luke tries to have a talk with Vic, but it's not clear yet whether it worked. Danny opts to pummel white supremacists instead, and perhaps learns something useful. May be too late for Vic and Tiowa, as they fall victim to Evil Corporate Guy.

I'm going to have to reread the earlier parts because the mystery isn't really coming together for me. Parts of it are, but there are still a lot of things I haven't figured out, and hopefully the answers are in the earlier chapters. Or at least some clues to the answers. The more certain everyone else becomes that Tiowa is Noir, the less sure I become. Unless it's a situation where the two identities aren't aware they share a body. Maybe Noir's nifty hat possesses people, like Columbina's mask.

Wellinton Alves draws the entire issue, which is nice, though I'd gotten used to Perez' way of drawing Joy, which gave a softer look. She is possessed by a murderous mask, so looking tougher makes sense, at least. Some of the fight scenes seem off. When Fist punches through Noir, based on where they're standing it doesn't seem like his fist would hit the glass, because it should be traveling parallel to the tunnel. The Iron Fist versus supremacists fight works better. Alves and inker Nelson Pereira's use of shadows does work very well in the ominous scenes.