Friday, September 12, 2008

DC Special: Cyborg #4 - DC


What's the deal with this Mr. Orr character. He's the one that was behind Equus . . and now, obviously, all the other cybernetically enhanced beings in the DC Universe. But, apparently, he works for the government. Or so he claims. Is he being groomed to be the next Slade? He seems to be right up there with Cain or Deathstroke. It also seems as if he's been popping up more and more frequently. Vic's friend Ron showed up at Vic's ex-fiance's wedding to spoil the occasion. It seems that Sarah's new beau, Deshaun, while working on Vic at STAR labs was also stealing his tech . . claiming it was for the betterment of war casualties. But, that part is a little vague for me because Mr. Orr claims that Vic's father sold his tech, and inventions, to the government. It was part of the price he paid for saving Vic's life . . way back when. It seems that somewhere along the line, the story has been muddied . . or twisted around. Anyways, Ron is wearing a version of Vic's armor, and it looks as if next issue Mr. Orr is going to unveil Cyborg . . version 2.0. But, you also have to take into account that a lot of the upgrades that have been done to Vic over the years were his own designs, or inventions. So he may have a few things up his sleeve . . sort of . . that none of the others that have been cybernetically enhanced will have access to. I think this is an interesting story by Mark Sable. And one that should've been told a while ago. But right now, I think it's a little . . blurry. I don't think we have all the details, or the complete story yet. There seems to be a lot of variables that we, or Vic, didn't know about. Plus, I have to say I'm a little disappointed about the art. Originally this series was billed as having Ken Lashley art, but then in issue #2 . . Carlos Magno takes over. Carlos is a pretty talented guy, and a decent artist in his own right, but . . we haven't been delivered what we were expecting. I know. It's a minor complaint. But these things bother me. Overall I think this is just an average series. And you really don't know how hard it is for me to say that. It could become better, depending on how it resolves itself, but . . we have 2 more issue to wait for that. We'll see.

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