Review: Chaos War #1

Posted by Zack Freeman (314 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

The Chaos King is coming to destroy existence and it's up to Hercules to assemble Earth's greatest warriors to stop him. Now, if he can only get them to take him seriously...

The Good

The revamp Hercules has experienced over the last few years has, oddly enough, made the character even more engaging by playing him up as a surly buffoon, It's something I find infinitely amusing and I love the fact that this crossover is basically driven by his bellicose hyperbole . And whoever got the idea to pair Pham art with Gho's art is absolutely brilliant, because the messy, water color-style finished product gives this title a charming storybook quality that really sets it apart from most books on the shelves, right now.

The Bad

I wonder if it was necessary to involve as many heroes from Marvel's pantheon as they do here, considering how the X-Men are already involved in Curse of the Mutants and Spidey & the knights are already involved in Shadowland. It seems to push the conceit of a shared universe a tad too far by having multiple world-threatening disasters happening all at once. Then again, the writers actually poke fun at all that, so that probably remedies everything.

The Verdit - 4/5

As I said with Shadowland, you might jump to conclusions and decide that Chaos War is one crossover too many... but doing so would be a mistake. This has a scope and an identity wholly distinct from any "X-over" I've read. It's almost a parody of it. I love how the thrust of this issue is Herc basically blundering his way through the conventions of this kind of story. His drunken brawl with the godheads (with a suckerpunch to Balder!) was really the stand-out of that.

#1 Posted by D3athstroke (3656 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

Oooh It's out already

#2 Posted by ckal (1090 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

Nice review. I can't wait to read this whole series.

#3 Posted by Ry Fryy (337 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

Super excited for this one.

#4 Posted by N7_Normandy (2430 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

This was a fantastic issue; can't wait to see where the series goes.

#5 Posted by They Killed Cap! (2243 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

I read this not thinking I was gonna have any interest in it but picked it up anyways. It is one of the best things I have read in a while. I am so excited to see where they are going to take it.

#6 Posted by N7_Normandy (2430 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

@They Killed Cap! said:

" I read this not thinking I was gonna have any interest in it but picked it up anyways. It is one of the best things I have read in a while. I am so excited to see where they are going to take it. "

I was really surprised by how good it was as well.

The Good

The Bad

The Verdit - 4/5

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