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Thu, 23 Sep 2004
who's number 1?
In case you haven't noticed, there have been an awful lot of new series
filling the racks lately, so I thought I'd give a quick run-down of
some of the new books out there. Marvel has been leading the pack with
title after new title, all of wildly varying quality, IMHO. DC was
also opened their floodgates and we've only just started to see the
deluge of new titles. Many of these issues could be better described
by the term "number 2" if you catch my scatalogical drift...
- Gambit #1: forgettable x-crap C-
- Rogue #1: see Gambit C-
- Nightcrawler #1: better than Gambit, but not much C+
- Madrox #1: the best of the new crop of x-spinoffs. Fresh story and character take by Peter David made it work. B+
- Bullseye's Greatest Hits #1: Solid art, but the story is pretty contrived B-
- Black Widow #1: great art by Bill Sinkewicz and a solid spy story made this one pretty enjoyable. B+
- Ex Machina #1: My favorite of the whole bunch. Another page-turner written by Bryan K Vaugh with exceptional art by Tony Harris. Don't miss this one! A
- Warlock #1: Better than I thought, but I don't think this will satisfy old-school Warlock fans. B
- Strange #1: Dr Strange reinterpreted by J Michael Strazynski (Rising Stars, Supreme Power). Not much happens in the first issue, but I'm interested enough to check out the next one. B
- Adam Strange #1: Oooh, it's the all new Adam Strange. Rann is gone but he still manages to find a jetpack and raygun to use in the first issue. Not bad, but far from gripping. B-
That's all I can do for now, but I'll add some more as new titles roll in.
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