In this mini-series, we see one of the heroes in each issue, but the main focus is on the villains. Hence the title. Anyways, this issue we finally learn some more about the Supremacy. In the 40's, when all the heroes were sucked into the urn, these participants saw the opportunity to shape the world in their own image. And they have been doing so ever since . . pretty much uncontested. But now . . now with the return of the heroes, they find themselves in the position of having to protect their power . . to even have to fight for it. It's not something they're used to having to do. During one of their secret meetings, Baron Black brings up his concern that they have a traitor within their midst. To me, the weakness I see in this group is that there's no clear leadership. Every one of them is so consumed with their own power and rank that they would never be able to follow the lead of another. It appears that everything here is done pretty much democratically. Ironic, huh? Anyways, they're just confirming the suspicions that we already know to be true. One of their brethren, Amon Khadul is actually the Scarab. This issue he fights a new threat from Baron Black, his Sentry robots. In his fight he also reveals his own secret power . . 'When it comes to any form of technology, it's almost like I can communicate with it . . and shut it down.' Being one of their own, and trying to hide his identity, you'd think he wouldn't want to be such an obvious thorn in their side. I could see him maybe feeding information to the other heroes, but not necessarily being in the middle of things. Anyways, it was a very informational issue. And it helped us get into the heads of these Supremacy creeps just a little bit. I thought Alex Ross and Joe Casey did a great job. But the real star of this book is the artwork of Jackson Herbert. I assume this guy is new to the business, but he showed some tremendous work this issue. The whole thing was in a painted style. And . . if this is some of his first work? . . this guy has some huge potential. But with all of these books . . it seems like the art gets better and better every issue. It's making it hard for me to give up on the whole thing. But I'll keep thinking about it.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys #4 - Dynamite Entertainment
In this mini-series, we see one of the heroes in each issue, but the main focus is on the villains. Hence the title. Anyways, this issue we finally learn some more about the Supremacy. In the 40's, when all the heroes were sucked into the urn, these participants saw the opportunity to shape the world in their own image. And they have been doing so ever since . . pretty much uncontested. But now . . now with the return of the heroes, they find themselves in the position of having to protect their power . . to even have to fight for it. It's not something they're used to having to do. During one of their secret meetings, Baron Black brings up his concern that they have a traitor within their midst. To me, the weakness I see in this group is that there's no clear leadership. Every one of them is so consumed with their own power and rank that they would never be able to follow the lead of another. It appears that everything here is done pretty much democratically. Ironic, huh? Anyways, they're just confirming the suspicions that we already know to be true. One of their brethren, Amon Khadul is actually the Scarab. This issue he fights a new threat from Baron Black, his Sentry robots. In his fight he also reveals his own secret power . . 'When it comes to any form of technology, it's almost like I can communicate with it . . and shut it down.' Being one of their own, and trying to hide his identity, you'd think he wouldn't want to be such an obvious thorn in their side. I could see him maybe feeding information to the other heroes, but not necessarily being in the middle of things. Anyways, it was a very informational issue. And it helped us get into the heads of these Supremacy creeps just a little bit. I thought Alex Ross and Joe Casey did a great job. But the real star of this book is the artwork of Jackson Herbert. I assume this guy is new to the business, but he showed some tremendous work this issue. The whole thing was in a painted style. And . . if this is some of his first work? . . this guy has some huge potential. But with all of these books . . it seems like the art gets better and better every issue. It's making it hard for me to give up on the whole thing. But I'll keep thinking about it.
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