Spike After The Fall #3 (OF 4)
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Defeated, tortured and beaten. The forces of evil are rising, threatening to destroy everything he holds dear. He is broken, he is alone. And he has them all exactly where he wants them. Spike's story continues, brought to you by the original Angel: After the Fall team of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru! The Sharp Brothers offer a special variant cover. And ask your retailer how to get the 'grindhouse'-inspired version of their cover, too!
(w) Brian Lynch
(a) Franco Urru
(c) Franco Urru, Sharp Bros
Price: $3.99
94
pulls
Avg Rating: 3.3
Comments
Has Brian Lynch cloned Joss Whedon's brain? I can't believe what an amazing handle on the characters this guy has. Great stuff!
Posted by Eyun on 09/18/08 at 09:19 AM
This book is fun and I'll be damned if Lynch doesn't nail the voices, but this mini isn't completely clicking. There's something missing, and maybe a lot's happened in two issues, but... yeah... Maybe it's just things moving quickly and characters being thrown at us willy nilly....
Still love this book, though.
Posted by GungaDin on 09/18/08 at 08:24 PM
I agree. The characters are spot on and the whole tone is very true to the buffyverse (or even the "Angelverse" really I guess) but this does not feel like a story that needed to be told.
To me, while the writing and art are solid, the whole thing feels like a cash in in line with the success of Buffy Season 8 (and presumably Angel After The Fall, although I don't know how that's been doing saleswise.)
Still enjoying it though. It's an odd inner conflict I have with this book.
Posted by Cooper on 09/21/08 at 06:02 AM
@Cooper Angel is the top selling IDW book of all time... It's in the top sixty comic books published each month...
Posted by GungaDin on 09/21/08 at 12:29 PM
@GungaDin Thanks for the info. That's quite surprising, but I'm glad. Them's good comics.
Posted by Cooper on 09/21/08 at 03:52 PM
This book makes me miss Franco Urru on Angel...
Posted by GungaDin on 09/15/08 at 10:26 PM