Captain Atom #2

razzatazz's Captain Atom #2 - Rebuilding Blocks review

Immersion in Superfluid

After a sort of lackluster lead-in, this series produces a really good issue here.  The story was really well done as was most of the small things to do with it.  For instance I really liked at the beginning when Captain Atom has to reform himself and starts listing how hard it is by listing all the trace elements in the human body (though he missed a few.)  Really though this issue is about the second part as Nathaniel renders himself into a different form and attacks the cancer cells inside a young boy's body.  It is not a regular kind of story but succeeds here with the depth of the characters involved.  After all of the the issue ending cliffhanger seems almost unnecessary though still interesting.  

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Captain Atom #2 - Rebuilding Blocks by the_mighty_monarch on October 20, 2011
The Good: Not only is the cover very pretty, it's more meaningful than it appears to be initially, and when the meaning becomes apparent, it's pretty touching.There's some pretty cool panel layouts, especially in the first few pages. This definitely gives the book a better feel to it, making the terrible stuff feel less terrible. There's some interesting things going on. Part of me likes the idea that Atom is growing stronger, especially in the seemingly random ways that it does. They explain At...
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