According to the Theory of Relativity, as an object approaches the speed of light (c), the amount of energy required to continue it's acceleration (e) increases because the mass of the object increases (m), so that you cannot reach the speed of light because the mass increases roughly to infinity meaning no amount of energy could accelerate it. And so it is with comics: just as I begin to catch up on my reading, an enormous week like this hits and I'm back to square 1.
Liberty Comics #1(?) is really really good. It's an anthology of short pieces that supports the CBLDF and it costs $4. I think I'm the only person that actually was excited. And for your $4, you get a smattering of decent little stories and one- and two-page bits. Personally, it's all worth it for two features: First, there is a six or so page Criminal short story, and I WILL buy anything by Ed Brubaker, especially with Sean Phillips art. Second, there is a five page Dracula story by Mark Millar and John Paul Leon that is just great. It's Dracula as played by your 75 year old grandfather. Tell Sheldon to order you one. It's for a good cause and totally worth the money.
New Avengers #43 is pretty much what is to be expected. Captain America is really a Skrull (yawn). They reveal some plot points that no one really needed explained to them. What struck me was that they did this big reveal of "Captain America was stranded in a spaceship" in Secret Invasion #1 but they won't follow that up in the main title, but rather jettison it in one of the ancillary books. So one of the main plot points of the series is not concluded in the series. That's just sloppy, Bendis.
War Heroes #1 was decent. It's always odd to see Tony Harris inked by someone new. On Ex Machina they replaced the excellent Tom Feister with Jim Clarke, who continues to make Tony Harris's pencils look gorgeous. Here, though, we get Cliff Rathburn, who imposes his own artistic tendancies onto Harris. It's not that its bad, but if you are fmiliar with Harris's art it's a bit of a letdown. The story, by the way, is a bit slow right now, but I'm sure the next issue will be filled with violence because, come on, it's Mark Millar.
Finally, Youngblood #4. To start, I really like that, even without direct involvement from Rob Liefeld (except covers and those look like they are mix-and-matched bits of old art photoshopped together) this book still ships 3 months late. Anyway, this book is actually pretty good. This issue was a bit weak (there's a "big" reveal about a conspiracy that you won't see coming because you aren't brain dead and therefore were expecting something relevent or at least interesting) but the first three issues were pretty good and its got a strong setup that may help it go pretty far before it turns terrible. The art is very good in the Batman Adventures vein and the story is what you expect from Joe Casey: competent with above-average moments. It's a shame Liefeld didn't let someone with a bit more imagination work on this because some big names (Alan Moore, Kurt Busiek, Mark Millar, Jeph Loeb, Robert Kirkman, even Fabian Nicieza did a pretty good job) have been very successful with Youngblood in the past.
In closing, this week Youngblood was actually a hells of a lot better than New Avengers. Just something to think about.
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I really liked War Heroes #1 because of the promise of where Millar will take it that is usually fulfilled. I don't mind a comic that starts which lays a lot of ground work for characters and intro into whatever new world is being presented. Well, I don't mind when it is by someone I trust to deliver.
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