No, huh? OK, if you say so. Hopefully you had an enjoyable, or at least not unpleasant New Year's. Mine was fine. We did very little, other than much driving during the day so I could procure the comics I'll be discussing the next four days.
Angel & Faith #4, 5 - A copy of the first issue has not yet materialized at the store. In issue 4, we learn that the Mohra Blood won't help either of our heroes with their plans. Not Angel with his plan to resurrect Giles, or Faith with hers to make Angel human. It will however, help Whistler and the annoying sibling pair that don't like Angel. I think I mostly just don't like the brother's hair. It's so stupid looking, he needs his head cut off for that alone. The other issue is a standalone where Harmony shows up asking Angel to find out who's trying to blackmail her over a tape of her siring someone. It turns into a story about whether dwelling on past misdeeds accomplishes anything whatsoever, as Harmony contends it's a waste of time. When she even bothers to consider the idea of considering past misdeeds, that is.Of the two, I preferred issue 4. I like Issacs art a bit more than Phil Noto's. Not expressions are pretty good (though something about his noses bugs me), but the action seems a little awkward. It isn't a huge issue, but there's a bit more fighting in #4, and Issacs does a good job with it. Plus, Harmony irritates me. As a supporting character, I didn't mind her, but a complete issue with her in a starring role? Eesh. Gage's writing is still good. He seems to have several different subplots going, and he's hinting at more all the time. And his dialogue's pretty good at capturing the character's personalities.
Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X #2, 4 - And now I'm all caught up. Hooray! In issue 2, we see Robo narrowly survive being hit with a satellite and fall a few hundred kilometers. This is when he and the cast realize NASA didn't call them, which lead to them trying to trace who did, which is why they're in Nebraska in issue 4, being chased by attack helicopters. They manage to escape at a truck stop, then enlist the truckers and ham radio enthusiasts in pinpointing where the satellite being used to track them is receiving instructions from. Which leads them to the same island the trio investigating the missing house are headed towards. So everyone is going to meet up in the middle of the Pacific for the big showdown next issue. Should be fun.One thing I'm enjoying about this is how Clevinger is slowly revealing what's going on behind the curtain. As a reader, that means I get to put it together along with the cast. The idea the missing house is connected to the attack on Robo wasn't a huge surprise, but how I think they're connected is. It's a nice slow burn. Wegner's art is a little weak in the backgrounds, which shows up during the chase scenes in 4, where it's mostly cars against a largely blue background, a little strip of road at the bottom. Still, I think he does a good job helping with the pacing of the humor, and his action sequences are pretty good.
Tomorrow, Marvel mini-series review post day!
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