Faces Of Evil Grundy #1
The marsh monster stars in his first solo book ever! Who was the man who would be reborn as Solomon Grundy? Discover the secret history of the creature as his curse is explored and redefined in this one-shot special!
Written by Scott Kolins and Geoff Johns
Art by Scott Kolins
Cover by Shane Davis and Sandra Hope
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 0.13%
Comments
I bet it's Johns on plots and that Kolins is scripting.
Posted by conor on 01/05/09 at 05:55 PM
Kolins must love him some Grundy, if hes doing this and a 7-issue miniseries about him. This'll be fun to see Kolins writing & drawing.
Posted by Ntpmcrtp on 01/05/09 at 06:03 PM
But I thought this was a one-shot?
Posted by wellthatsalright on 01/05/09 at 07:11 PM
@Conor golly I hope not.
Posted by AMuldowney on 01/05/09 at 07:18 PM
@wellthatsalright: This is a one-shot, but in March Kolins is writing/drawing a 7-ish mini about Grundy. http://dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?cm=11413
Posted by Ntpmcrtp on 01/05/09 at 08:00 PM
@wellthatsalright I believe this is a one shot. But later there will a full blown mini series with Kolins writing it by himself.
Is kollins a good writer?
Posted by NealAppeal on 01/05/09 at 08:02 PM
Yeah, I was about to ask if Kolins has done any writing before and if it was pretty good stuff. Tempted to get this just for his art, but not sure yet.
Posted by drakedangerz on 01/05/09 at 08:13 PM
@drakedangerrz- kolins has co-written a few comics: BPRD: Night Train(with Geoff Johns), an issue of Marvel presnts, and an issue of Prime. I didn't read any of those so i can't say if they are good.
Posted by micahmyers on 01/05/09 at 08:31 PM
Rogue's Revenge sold me on Scott Kolins. I'm in.
Posted by uberlush on 01/05/09 at 11:26 PM
The only thing that worries me is that Johns name is second in the writing credits, which could mean he had not much to do with the story, but is helping out a mate by adding his name to the title ...
Anyway, it's Johns & Kolins, so I'll be buying it.
Posted by WadeWilson on 01/06/09 at 12:03 AM
Solomon Grundys one of my favorite villains. Hope its more of the classic Frankensteins monster-esque Grundy and less of the Meltzer Vito Corleone-esque Grundy. Judging from the cover it looks classic Grundy.
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 01/06/09 at 01:10 AM
I'm excited for this because the only knowledge I have of Solomon Grundy is from the Super Friends cartoon.
Posted by Kory on 01/06/09 at 12:39 PM
Same guy who wrote Rogue's revenge? Sweet!
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 01/07/09 at 06:55 AM
Solomon Grundy is the Bob Dole of super villians
Posted by Aquaman on 01/07/09 at 09:09 AM
@Aquaman: Does that mean that we'll see Viagra commercials starring Solomon Grundy. :)
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 01/07/09 at 11:54 AM
Just looked at the preview on CBR, didn't really hook me. Have to check out the whole thing in the store first
Posted by drakedangerz on 01/07/09 at 12:53 PM
did anyone get this? my shop didn't receive it...
Posted by insight on 01/07/09 at 05:16 PM
I got it and I loved it. I can't wait for the Grundy mini now. Geoff Johns is tying every damn thing to Blackest Night and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. A green lantern event that has a place in it for Grundy and crazy Starman. I'm way stoked.
Also, anyone else think that David Fincher should make THE CURIOUS CASE OF SOLOMOn GRUNDY? Because I think he should.
Posted by NealAppeal on 01/07/09 at 06:11 PM
@insight- My shop didn't get it either.
Posted by BetaRayRyan on 01/07/09 at 11:29 PM
Why with such a high score has no one chosen this book to be their POW. I want to pick this up, but this small fact discourages me.
Posted by Ruo21 on 01/08/09 at 12:44 AM
@Ruo21 I think this was a great book, but this was basically a prologue to the Grundy mini and the part that Grundy will play in Blackest Night. It was fun and it made me excited for things to come, but there were a couple of other books I enjoyed just as much as this, and also one that blew me the hell away.
Looking at your pull list, if I were to place this amoung books that we both picked up, I'd say not as good as walking dead, and around the level of War of Kings and Iron Man (I'd say better, but I have a soft spot for Grundy and Kollins). So I'd say if you are willing to spend another three bucks on something at that level, go for it.
Posted by NealAppeal on 01/08/09 at 12:59 AM
@insight: My shop didn't get this and a couple of others.
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 01/08/09 at 09:25 AM
alot better than i thought it would be. I may pick up the series
Posted by cyberauron on 01/08/09 at 06:53 PM
what is a Grundy? Should I buy this? I was thinkin I should cuz all these Faces of Evil one shots are supposed to be about the most important villians in the DC Universe for 2009, and I wanna be able to know what is going on all year.
Posted by robbydzwonar on 01/08/09 at 09:50 PM
@robbydzwonar Grundy is kind of a swamp zombie type thing. I think he's pretty cool. You should check him out on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Grundy_(comics)
I think the Faces of Evil thing is basically a cash grab, with only alittle importantce to the future of the DCU. Though, of course, that doesn't mean that the one shots will be bad.
Posted by NealAppeal on 01/08/09 at 10:48 PM
I didnt quite understand this. I dont know much about Grundy, and I am just more confused now. I might just have to wait for the mini to come out. All in all it was an interesting read though.
Posted by Handsaw on 01/09/09 at 07:27 AM
Despite the "Zombie White Hulk" feel to Grundy himself, I enjoyed this one quite a bit. I'll give the series a shot.
Posted by TheDudeVonDoom on 01/09/09 at 06:49 PM
I like Grundy alot, but this book was sucked. It might end up being a good lead in to a Grundy mini, but as an issue alone it is not good. I'm really surprised as this is the first Geoff Johns title I haven't liked in quite a while. 2/5
Posted by thescimitar on 01/10/09 at 12:38 AM
Wait Geoff Johns with Scott Kolins art? How is this not getting hyped out of its mind?
Posted by Parker on 01/05/09 at 05:53 PM