Civil War - Front Line #8 - Marvel

Ok, I have to admit, I'm getting into this book more than I thought I would. These are stories from the "sidelines" of the Civil War. Paul Jenkins is doing a good job writing this first story about Ben Urich and Sally, two reporters for the Bugle. I'm not thrilled about Ramon Bachs pencils, but the story makes up for it. Ben has a detective, Danny, who is feeding him inside information. They're investigating the warehouse that blew up with the Atlanteans in it. Wonder Man was also there, so they're trying to delve out his involvement. They also know that Norman Osborne had something to do with it. But, Norman was supposed to be in custody with Tony, as a member of his squad that's going to chase down unregistered "metas". But they think that somebody let him out, on purpose. Sally is chasing down her own lead. She's trying to find the opposition, as she feels that she owes them since SHEILD followed her to their other gathering. She gets information from a couple of her homeless informants, and after following one to their hideout, discovers that it's Captain America. Our second story, about Robby Baldwin, Speedball, is kind of sad. Last issue he got shot on his way to court. Then on his way to the hospital, he had some kind of energy surge and took out the ambulance. Which, may have, inadvertently killed a couple of people. Now they're questioning She-Hulk, who was his counsel and accompanying him, thinking that she may somehow be involved. The accident also temporarily blinded her. Now Robby is in the care of Reed Richards, and seems to be in stable health, other that the gaping bullet hole in his gut, and the odd electrical aura surrounding him. Again, not great art on this story either, by Steve Lieber. The third story is about the Atlanteans. They have sent a delegation up to the surface to retrieve the bodies of their fallen comrades. Whom they claim were just studying the human culture. But they're soon scared off when Norman Osborne shows up and starts shooting. Finally they compare a battle in the English Civil War to this one. With docudrama from the earlier battle, and comparing it along side of visions from the current one. I like the idea of the final pages of each issue. However, I find them very boring. Overall I like the stories in this book. I just feel like I'm being cheated on the art because they know that anybody following the Civil War will pick this one up. To bad, because they're pretty decent stories.