This issue wraps up the Shield's first mission . . with Magog. Magog wasn't part of the mission. He just kind of showed up. Anyways, there were these insurgents that kind of disappeared into the mountains of Biayla. It turns out there's an abandoned HIVE base there. So, the army sent in a couple of teams to try to find them, but each time they did . . they lost contact with their men. After the third such occurrence, they decide to send in someone a little better suited for whatever they're facing . . the Shield, Lt Joe Higgins. Anyways, in the process of that, Magog shows up. I guess it's kind of a good thing he did because when they get inside the base they find out that all the men are being controlled by Grodd. But he doesn't usually control large groups, so he's got a native mutant, 'King of Intellect' or 'Brain Emperor' . . there's something lost in translation. But . . it doesn't really matter. Grodd is controlling him, and he is controlling all of the guys. So they take out the Biaylan, and then Grodd. But then the problem is . . they got about 30 or so soldiers here . . about 15 from each side. And they've just got out of being controlled telepathically, so . . they're disoriented, to say the least. Shield and Magog have to act quick to prevent wholesale slaughter. A couple of them do get shot, and a few killed, but Shield quickly takes command of the situation and talks the American soldiers down. Luckily, Shuja, the boy who showed Shield where to go, comes in and talks to his compatriots. The situation is quickly diffused. Overall, I liked the story. It was basically set up as our introduction to the character. So it wasn't overly complicated. But it did show us that the Shield isn't operating as a super-hero, but rather an enhanced soldier. I'm sure he'll cross paths with other 'heroes', but . . he doesn't consider himself to be one of them. I thought Eric Trautmann did a great job with the story, and I really liked Marco Rudy and Eduardo Paxsica's art. In the back-up Frank Verrano, Inferno, gets tired of running and gives himself up to the FBI when they come to Denver in search of him. However, once in custody it seems that whomever was chasing him before, the Neutralizers, have infiltrated the FBI's ranks. Now he's going to have to switch to Inferno to save the real agents. We also see that Frank is actually the product of some kind of government experiment. We don't get the details yet. Just a quick glance. This part of the story was by Brandon Jerwa and Greg Scott. This book shows promise. We'll just have to wait and see where they go with it.
Friday, November 13, 2009
the Shield #3 - DC
This issue wraps up the Shield's first mission . . with Magog. Magog wasn't part of the mission. He just kind of showed up. Anyways, there were these insurgents that kind of disappeared into the mountains of Biayla. It turns out there's an abandoned HIVE base there. So, the army sent in a couple of teams to try to find them, but each time they did . . they lost contact with their men. After the third such occurrence, they decide to send in someone a little better suited for whatever they're facing . . the Shield, Lt Joe Higgins. Anyways, in the process of that, Magog shows up. I guess it's kind of a good thing he did because when they get inside the base they find out that all the men are being controlled by Grodd. But he doesn't usually control large groups, so he's got a native mutant, 'King of Intellect' or 'Brain Emperor' . . there's something lost in translation. But . . it doesn't really matter. Grodd is controlling him, and he is controlling all of the guys. So they take out the Biaylan, and then Grodd. But then the problem is . . they got about 30 or so soldiers here . . about 15 from each side. And they've just got out of being controlled telepathically, so . . they're disoriented, to say the least. Shield and Magog have to act quick to prevent wholesale slaughter. A couple of them do get shot, and a few killed, but Shield quickly takes command of the situation and talks the American soldiers down. Luckily, Shuja, the boy who showed Shield where to go, comes in and talks to his compatriots. The situation is quickly diffused. Overall, I liked the story. It was basically set up as our introduction to the character. So it wasn't overly complicated. But it did show us that the Shield isn't operating as a super-hero, but rather an enhanced soldier. I'm sure he'll cross paths with other 'heroes', but . . he doesn't consider himself to be one of them. I thought Eric Trautmann did a great job with the story, and I really liked Marco Rudy and Eduardo Paxsica's art. In the back-up Frank Verrano, Inferno, gets tired of running and gives himself up to the FBI when they come to Denver in search of him. However, once in custody it seems that whomever was chasing him before, the Neutralizers, have infiltrated the FBI's ranks. Now he's going to have to switch to Inferno to save the real agents. We also see that Frank is actually the product of some kind of government experiment. We don't get the details yet. Just a quick glance. This part of the story was by Brandon Jerwa and Greg Scott. This book shows promise. We'll just have to wait and see where they go with it.
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