Keep The Good Issues Coming
Why I Bought It
The quality of the book continues at a nice steady pace and things get more and more interesting.
What I Liked
Four issues in and this book is still giving that good feeling of wondering what is going on. It is the nice kind of intrigue that reveals some details but then keeps you wanting more.
There are lots of pop culture references sprinkled throughout. It gives it a kind of Joss Whedon writing style. Whedon could get characters and knew how to play them off of each other. This book also give the same kind of understanding about the characters and the bigger mystery about what is going on with those creatures. That, coupled with the fact that we are on issue #4 and I'm still as excited by this book, shows me that there are some long term plans for this book to go places. If it can keep up at this pace and not feel like a formula, then this book can have some growing success behind it.
The stays consistent from issue to issue. There isn't anything too fancy going on, there is just lots of excellently framed panels and great story telling happening.
What I Didn't Like
Some of those song references are now in my head. Which is weird to happen to me, as music in a comic book typically doesn't do that to me as reading over the lyrics just doesn't connect me with the words nearly as much as hearing the music. Weirdness.
Panel to Remember
Notice the two panels that Justin Hine's dad appears in this issue. One has him just sitting on the couch with no oxygen tube. The second panel has him wearing it. I though that he was in some sort of catatonic state? Weirdness, but if it is a mistake, then it helps add to my collection of comic book errors.
Quotable
"Looks kinda like she burned from the inside out too." - Mystery, and intrigue.
Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: I'll be there.