Four Eyes #1
Brooklyn 1930. America struggles in the grip of the Great Depression, and ten-year-old Enrico is willing to make any sacrifice to take care of his mother. Even if it means taking a job in the one place he's forbidden to go... the ring of fire where dragons are trained and fought for cash and glory.
A new ongoing series from the writer of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, ACTION COMICS and SUPERGIRL!
story JOE KELLY
art & cover MAX FIUMARA
Size: 24 Pages
Price: $3.50
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 26.7%
Comments
Giving it a try, the preview in Back to Brooklyn has me interested.
Posted by Ruo21 on 09/29/08 at 08:55 PMThis book looks friggen sweet. Don't understand the expanded price, but its a light week for me.
Posted by Anson17 on 09/29/08 at 11:39 PMJoe Kelly rocks and the story sounds amazing. Havent seen any of the art yet but its worth the pick up on the short week.
Posted by rift1128 on 09/30/08 at 10:46 AM
for anybody on the fence.... CBR have a 5 page preview
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=1105&disp=table
Posted by NodNolan on 09/30/08 at 05:20 PMThat preview has me interested. I believe I shall pick this up as well.
Posted by drakedangerz on 09/30/08 at 09:04 PMThis is written by Joe Kelly. Joe Kelly writes I Kill Giants. I Kill Giants is teh awesome.
That's all I need to know.
Posted by deadspace on 10/01/08 at 09:12 AMI wasnt gonna pick it up because of the preview, but some how it it fell to the ground, I picked it up and then for some reason I bought it. I am pleased.
Posted by Guardedmarman on 10/01/08 at 08:10 PMI got it, the book is really well-done -- original, good art, nice characterizatin, excellent setting. Worth your time.
Posted by sigridellis1 on 10/01/08 at 09:52 PMWaiting to give this my POTW till I read the rest of my books, but once I do I'll most definitely be giving this my vote.
This title blew me away. I was interested in it, so I picked it up, but I was not extremely excited. So, I read this book first from my stack( I read the books I'm least interested in first). It was mucher better then the solicit made it out to be. I loved the art and writing. The line where he relates dead people to imaginary creatures(dragons)... Amazing.
Posted by Ruo21 on 10/02/08 at 02:18 AMI'm sad my store didn't get this.
Posted by s1lentslayer on 10/02/08 at 08:41 AMSo this is like Vick minus the dogs for the geek set?
Posted by mistersizzle on 10/02/08 at 09:42 AMor something.
Posted by mistersizzle on 10/02/08 at 09:50 AMMy store didnt get this either. Dang it!
Posted by rift1128 on 10/02/08 at 10:32 AMVick Mackey?
Posted by Ruo21 on 10/02/08 at 12:04 PMI have a lot of love for Joe Kelly. He writes children characters particularly well. I thought the ending was a little bit disappointing - I mean I saw it coming a mile off so if it wasn't for that it would've been 5/5 for me.
Posted by deadspace on 10/02/08 at 12:19 PMI saw it coming but I didnt care I liked it.
Posted by Guardedmarman on 10/02/08 at 06:55 PMThis was awesome. Can't wait for the next issue!
Posted by GungaDin on 10/03/08 at 04:37 AMWasn't planning on picking this up... but I'm glad I did. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Posted by CongoPepper on 10/03/08 at 05:51 AMI went back to get this after seeing how many people made it their POTW. I'm glad I did; this was fantastic. Looking forward to seeing more.
Is it an ongoing or a mini though? I originally thought it was a four issue mini, but then realised I had confused myself because it has "four" in the title and I am a moron.
Posted by Cooper on 10/03/08 at 08:02 AMI *think* it's an ongoing but dont quote me on that
Posted by deadspace on 10/03/08 at 09:17 AMI certainly can't find anything that says it isn't an ongoing, which means it probably is. I just thought that was odd as initially it doesn't seem like a concept that will have long-term lasting power. We shall see though. I'm in for the ride.
Posted by Cooper on 10/03/08 at 10:50 AMI asked my LCS owner if this is ongoing or not and he said it is ongoing as far as he knows. This surprises me because as Cooper stated it seems better fitted for a mini but maybe the creators know something we don't. Either way I will keep picking this up.
Posted by comicdork37 on 10/03/08 at 01:19 PMI don't think it seems like a mini at all. Just think of how many questions they've set up already: what will the boy do next, what is the state of the rest of the world, what kind of corruption is hidden in this coorporation?
Not only are there plenty of questions to answer, but there are also a variety of ways in which to take the story. A development between the boy and dragon( bonds based on smell, dragon was left in his room for what must have been days) is an obvious choice of direction. Also, who wouldn't mind seeing another Pokemon story? We might be looking at the next Ash Ketchum (sarcasm).
Posted by Ruo21 on 10/03/08 at 07:50 PMi'm backing up ruo21. i mean, totally obvious choices for examples, but think of how much was in the first issues of powers or y: the last man.
i'd be really happy if this book had a great two or so year run. Would've been my pow if i hadn't loved batman so much.
Posted by mulletpeep on 10/04/08 at 09:16 AMi thought this was a mini. i was going to wait and read comments on the issues and then pick or not pick up the trade. it sounded interesting i might have to pick the issue up.
Posted by bird on 10/04/08 at 06:53 PMWhat a great first issue. Pick of the week for sure.
Posted by Onic on 10/05/08 at 03:12 PM





hope my LCS gets this because this looks awesome
Posted by chrs7637 on 09/29/08 at 05:39 PM