Review: New Avengers: Luke Cage #1
The Hero For Hire (and the Thunderbolts' new leader) gets his own mini-series. This issue sees Luke Cage looking up an old friend in Philadelphia who got hurt trying to copy his "hero for fire" deal. Once in Philly, Cage runs into Hammerhead for a brawl.
THE GOOD:
Eric Canete's art has a graffiti-like loose energy. It looks like everything's coming at you through a warped, wide-angle lens, which makes the fight with Hammerhead really involving. Arcudi finds the right balance between the goofy Afro-sporting Cage of the 70s with the more serious, street-level one we've seen lately. It was fun to see what looked like a cameo from TMNT's Rocksteady, as well.
THE BAD:
While the looseness of Canete's art is part of its charm, there are definitely some places where some inks would have have helped to tighten the imagery. There are some backgrounds, the cityscapes of Philly in particular, that look unfinished.
THE VERDICT:
This is solid comic. Nothing more, nothing less. You can probably guess how the other two issues shake down, but it'll be a fun story,none the less. The jokes don't run as funny as Arcudi could be, but it reads well. The best thing to check out is Canete's art, even if it's a little too sketchy, sometimes.
2.5/5
This is solid comic. Nothing more, nothing less.
but u gave it a F?
times it by 22.5/5
5x2=10 (100%=A+)
4.5x2=9 (90%=A)
4x2=8 (80%=B)
3.5x2= 7 (70%=C)
3 x2=6 (60%=D)
2.5x2=5 (50%=F)
2 x2=4% (40%=F)
1.5x2=3 (30%=F)
1x2=2 (20%=F)
0.5x2=1 (10%=F)
0x2=0 (0%=F)
"This is solid comic. Nothing more, nothing less.
but u gave it a F?times it by 22.5/5
5x2=10 (100%=A+)
4.5x2=9 (90%=A)
4x2=8 (80%=B)
3.5x2= 7 (70%=C)
3 x2=6 (60%=D)
2.5x2=5 (50%=F) 2 x2=4% (40%=F) 1.5x2=3 (30%=F) 1x2=2 (20%=F) 0.5x2=1 (10%=F) 0x2=0 (0%=F) "
Exactly what I was thinking lol. 50% equals "solid" apparently...
thumbs down. art was annoying. it for some reason had both the plot and
the characters of a recent, and i mean real recent Spider-Man story, and
a big no way to it being fun seeing the Hippo again (didnt he die or get dismembered
in his last appearance in Sinister Spider-Man? ). Luke has seen better stories,
hopefully his involvement in Shadowlands will be better.
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