I was afraid when Magog showed up last issue that he would overpower the character of the Shield. But . . Lt. Joe Higgins played his role perfectly this issue. First of all, Eric Trautmann does a great job with these military stories. Either he was in the military, or he's got some great advisers. The dialogue and situations were perfectly handled. So, while it's a 'super-hero' book, it's also a military title . . kind of like Sgt Rock. We haven't had one of those around in a long time. I think it's a great change of pace. Anyways, long story short . . Lt. Higgins gives himself up once they find the hidden base up at the top of the Bialyan mountains. There's close to 30 Americans being mind controlled here and he doesn't want to see any of them hurt. It's a good plan too. Once inside he finds this odd kind of character that seems to be the one mind-controlling them. He tries to control Lt. Higgins, but before he can get to that point the suit's autonomous defense measures kick in. Which include monitoring Joe's brain activity. 'If my brainwaves are altered outside of my normal range, the suit's combat reflexes kick in. Neutralize. Escape. Evade.' He takes down the guy, but unfortunately the mind control hasn't stopped. That's when Magog comes in to help him dig down further into this complex. I like that he's using Magog as back-up. Anyways, deep down inside they find a massive lab complex, and . . a massive gorilla . . Grodd. Like I said, the story was great, and Marco Rudy's pencils were spot on. If this is what I can expect from this book . . this action . . this pace . . then I'll probably be on board for quite a while. The back-up story about Inferno was ok. He's trying to get Green Arrow, and then Black Canary to back off, but he can't change because then they'll see what he really looks like. So he has to try to evade them without blowing up to much stuff. Eventually he does, and he hops a train to Colorado. He's there for a few days before government agents come looking for him. He's an interesting character, but all we've seen is anger and rage so far. Let's see a little development past the base emotions. Brandon Jerwa writes it, and Greg Scott does the art. I enjoyed the book, but mostly because of the Shield.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
the Shield #2 - DC
I was afraid when Magog showed up last issue that he would overpower the character of the Shield. But . . Lt. Joe Higgins played his role perfectly this issue. First of all, Eric Trautmann does a great job with these military stories. Either he was in the military, or he's got some great advisers. The dialogue and situations were perfectly handled. So, while it's a 'super-hero' book, it's also a military title . . kind of like Sgt Rock. We haven't had one of those around in a long time. I think it's a great change of pace. Anyways, long story short . . Lt. Higgins gives himself up once they find the hidden base up at the top of the Bialyan mountains. There's close to 30 Americans being mind controlled here and he doesn't want to see any of them hurt. It's a good plan too. Once inside he finds this odd kind of character that seems to be the one mind-controlling them. He tries to control Lt. Higgins, but before he can get to that point the suit's autonomous defense measures kick in. Which include monitoring Joe's brain activity. 'If my brainwaves are altered outside of my normal range, the suit's combat reflexes kick in. Neutralize. Escape. Evade.' He takes down the guy, but unfortunately the mind control hasn't stopped. That's when Magog comes in to help him dig down further into this complex. I like that he's using Magog as back-up. Anyways, deep down inside they find a massive lab complex, and . . a massive gorilla . . Grodd. Like I said, the story was great, and Marco Rudy's pencils were spot on. If this is what I can expect from this book . . this action . . this pace . . then I'll probably be on board for quite a while. The back-up story about Inferno was ok. He's trying to get Green Arrow, and then Black Canary to back off, but he can't change because then they'll see what he really looks like. So he has to try to evade them without blowing up to much stuff. Eventually he does, and he hops a train to Colorado. He's there for a few days before government agents come looking for him. He's an interesting character, but all we've seen is anger and rage so far. Let's see a little development past the base emotions. Brandon Jerwa writes it, and Greg Scott does the art. I enjoyed the book, but mostly because of the Shield.
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