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The Twelve #4 

COVER BY: KAARE ANDREWSWRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PENCILS: CHRIS WESTONINKS: GARRY LEACHCOLORED BY: CHRIS CHUCKRY

LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT

Rated T+ …$2.99  

THE STORY: As the savage murders continue, and members of the Twelve come under a cloud of suspicion, tensions flare, and hero faces off against hero! Plus, the unbelievable origin of underground secret agent Rockman!  

Hmm.  I’ve been so-so over the series and its story but as I see it this is not an all-out action series so if we were expecting anything of that sort we deluded ourselves!  In fact,it plays out okay to a degree but since we saw Blue Blade dead at the end of issue #1 and yet he’s still in the story with #4,and we were told others would be killed off,I’d guess everything speeds up soon –this is a 12 issue series after all?

 

 

I think the look and story surrounding Black Widow is good,and I have to wonder whether she will remain in the Marvel universe –hey,apart from a reference to the Civil War in #1 there has been no cross-over into the mainstream MU and its current “Secret Invasion” plot [wouldn’t you think that,suspecting all these Skrull spies,the reappearance of these twelve might spark suspicion?].

 

 

Two Black Widows?

 

 

Rockman’s story seemed implausible.  He was king of an underground kingdom but the route back to his kingdom was blocked off in an avalanche?  If my wife and child faced an uncertain fate from a villain’s army I’d try every possible way to get back. What about other tunnels/caves?  Or simply pulling all the rocks clear –it might take a long time but he is no lightweight.  Just seemed “off” to me.

Whatever,I’m sticking with this to see how it turns out.

On the other hand….

 

 

 

 

Project Super Powers #2 

Alex Ross,Jim Krueger & Carlos Paul

 

 

Ah,another one using public domain characters that I was unsure of.  I still am. In fact,this issue almost put me off. Art starts okay but then –page 21,panel 1!  The art on The Flame segment is,or looks,b-a-d.  But that particular panel has THE WORSE anatomical perspective I’ve seen in a long time –what happened?!

 

 

I’m afraid this series gets a lot of mention but its story is so plodding and over the place that I can’t actually wait to put it down!!

Of course,I will,through fairness,continue checking out the series but this is doing nothing for me.