Good Beard Bad Villain Ugly Solution
The man with the voice of doom has come to Center city and he had Ant-Man in his sights. So Jason Cragg is our villain of the week, he of the doom voice, who seemed to gain his powers by means of a radioactive microphone. I shall name this the Spider-Man method of power accumulation. Honestly not too impressed with this issue, The Orator (as I have named hime) had an interesting power but he lacked motivation and the end of the issue was pretty much a science ex machina. Also the thought of Hank Pym having unrestricted access to pathogens and a willingness to use them terrifies me.
The art was pretty good. Jason Cragg's beard was particularly detailed so well done Don. I do enjoyed the perspective shift whenever Ant-Man shrink down. The cover is disappointing, the cities skyline is monochrome, and the red background of the title dominates the page. We have a pretty good full page panel that makes up for that a little. Throughout the issue, and I found blacks to appear awfully flat (aforementioned beard aside) the villains top hat was a chief offender here.
Overall a drop of form from the last couple of Tales To Astonish. Although Ant-Man's story intrigues me as I know little of the character. I am curious to see how The Wasp gets introduced as well.
