There's a whole lot going on in this issue, and some of it I'm a bit confused about. First of all we're reintroduced to Captain Future. Actually, we caught up to him last issue in the Caribbean having drunken sex with . . well, anyone he could. Other than that, we don't find out a whole lot more about him, other than that he's extremely powerful. At one point he says he's not a man . . repeatedly. On the opening page we get a eulogy from Zeus about how man has squandered his potential. I'm wondering if Captain Future has something to do with him. Truth & Dare show up during the fight with Captain Future also. And when Future strikes Samson, he takes him down. "But I don't understand . . nothing's supposed to harm me . . .", he says as he falls to the ground with his chest smoldering. Truth & Dare also go back to New York City with the rest of the heroes. Truth makes an interesting comment. He says that he recognizes Captain Future. But when he's questioned by the Lama, he says, "You are not ready to know the truth about yourself. Just as you are not ready to face the reality of Captain Future." We see that a plethora of people have gathered around the recently defeated Pentagon. It appears that the average man on the street is on the heroes side. They applaud them for what they've done. Meanwhile, the Inheritors, who are going around trying to build up a power base by gathering up the forgotten heroes, have come across nothing but damage and misery. Their first target Cat-man seems to have reverted to an animalistic state. When they go after the Eagle, they find him floating in the Middle East. He appears to be burning from the inside out. The Boy King is deeply perplexed over the results of thier mission. It's definitely not going as expected. The Face, Marvelo and Skyman have gathered together in a bar. Marvelo ask them, "Tell me, what did you dream of in the urn?" Some of the heroes have gone off to Philly to help out Justine with a terrorist cell of the Claw . . including Truth & Dare. The Lama brings Samson back, but he's deeply distressed about his current failings. "None but the lord himself can hurt me. That's what I was promised. None but God himself could cause me harm." And the Dynamic family seem to be working in league with Captain Future. He's at one of the Dynamic's bases, and they seem to be giving him a female 'super' that they captured. As she grovels on the ground at the Captain's feet, she asks him what he wants with her. "Only what was mine to begin with. Only what was mine to begin with." Whatever that means. It just seemed like there was a whole lot of cryptic clues this issue. Not enough to really tell us anything, but enough to whet out appetite. Really, that's the only problem I have with this series. It almost seems like there's to many characters here. Just when it seems like we get to know one, 3 more are introduced to us. It's hard to keep up with them all, and it seems like we don't get much of an explanation . . or at least very detailed. After the story there's a 2-page spread about the Boy King. That seems to be the best way to get information about some of these characters. Don't get me wrong, I think Alex Ross and Jim Krueger are doing a good job with the story here. They just don't have that much space to work with. The front cover explanation page shows pictures of 18 different heroes. And, besides all the ones captured in the urn, we also find out that like Truth & Dare, there's other new ones that are following in their heroes footsteps. We just haven't meet them yet. I do however think that Edgar Salazar's art improves with every issue. There were some stunning looking panels in this book. Anyways, I guess I'll just keep plugging away at it, and hopefully it'll all become clearer.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Project Superpowers Chapter Two #2 - Dynamite Entertainment
There's a whole lot going on in this issue, and some of it I'm a bit confused about. First of all we're reintroduced to Captain Future. Actually, we caught up to him last issue in the Caribbean having drunken sex with . . well, anyone he could. Other than that, we don't find out a whole lot more about him, other than that he's extremely powerful. At one point he says he's not a man . . repeatedly. On the opening page we get a eulogy from Zeus about how man has squandered his potential. I'm wondering if Captain Future has something to do with him. Truth & Dare show up during the fight with Captain Future also. And when Future strikes Samson, he takes him down. "But I don't understand . . nothing's supposed to harm me . . .", he says as he falls to the ground with his chest smoldering. Truth & Dare also go back to New York City with the rest of the heroes. Truth makes an interesting comment. He says that he recognizes Captain Future. But when he's questioned by the Lama, he says, "You are not ready to know the truth about yourself. Just as you are not ready to face the reality of Captain Future." We see that a plethora of people have gathered around the recently defeated Pentagon. It appears that the average man on the street is on the heroes side. They applaud them for what they've done. Meanwhile, the Inheritors, who are going around trying to build up a power base by gathering up the forgotten heroes, have come across nothing but damage and misery. Their first target Cat-man seems to have reverted to an animalistic state. When they go after the Eagle, they find him floating in the Middle East. He appears to be burning from the inside out. The Boy King is deeply perplexed over the results of thier mission. It's definitely not going as expected. The Face, Marvelo and Skyman have gathered together in a bar. Marvelo ask them, "Tell me, what did you dream of in the urn?" Some of the heroes have gone off to Philly to help out Justine with a terrorist cell of the Claw . . including Truth & Dare. The Lama brings Samson back, but he's deeply distressed about his current failings. "None but the lord himself can hurt me. That's what I was promised. None but God himself could cause me harm." And the Dynamic family seem to be working in league with Captain Future. He's at one of the Dynamic's bases, and they seem to be giving him a female 'super' that they captured. As she grovels on the ground at the Captain's feet, she asks him what he wants with her. "Only what was mine to begin with. Only what was mine to begin with." Whatever that means. It just seemed like there was a whole lot of cryptic clues this issue. Not enough to really tell us anything, but enough to whet out appetite. Really, that's the only problem I have with this series. It almost seems like there's to many characters here. Just when it seems like we get to know one, 3 more are introduced to us. It's hard to keep up with them all, and it seems like we don't get much of an explanation . . or at least very detailed. After the story there's a 2-page spread about the Boy King. That seems to be the best way to get information about some of these characters. Don't get me wrong, I think Alex Ross and Jim Krueger are doing a good job with the story here. They just don't have that much space to work with. The front cover explanation page shows pictures of 18 different heroes. And, besides all the ones captured in the urn, we also find out that like Truth & Dare, there's other new ones that are following in their heroes footsteps. We just haven't meet them yet. I do however think that Edgar Salazar's art improves with every issue. There were some stunning looking panels in this book. Anyways, I guess I'll just keep plugging away at it, and hopefully it'll all become clearer.
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sounds like a confusing comic. ^_^
ReplyDeletein the middle of your post i got a little lost at where i was read... maybe if you broke your review in more paragraphs that would help me personally in read it. just a thought. *shrugs* ^_^
Actually . . the confusion is really how the book felt. There was a whole lot of stuff going on, that was kind of connected, but not really. How you felt, is how I felt after reading it.
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