The art in the issue felt cleaner and flowed more naturally than the first one did. It felt more like noir and had much more mood to it. I felt much more in touch with the characters than in the first issue, I started to get an idea of their personalities and desires. Torch begins to develop as a person, Angel takes greater steps towards becoming a costumed adventurer. Nick Fury extracts Erskine from the Nazi science development in what is, probably, the best drawn segment in the book. A few problems trouble this book. First, it feels very much like this exact story has been done before, both in Marvel and in other series, and been done better. Second, I never feel the threat against the characters when I'm reading. For some reason I am very detached from theteh story and it fails to lure me in. Third, the writing seems to be unnecessarily wordy - allow the art to carry more load, I trust in Epting.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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While I agree that this is a story that has been done almost to death, I found the writing to be quite good. The narrative by Angel really moves the book along, and some of it was quite poignant, particularly towards the end.
Posted by jabroniunc on 09/11/09 at 02:23 PM