Having been slightly intrigued by LDB #1 I returned for a second helping hoping for something to keep me interested, but alas...
Having met a girl in the in issue #1, issue #2 deals with the major point of finding out what her name is. Well, we're moving into Seinfeld territory here (and her name's not Mulva if you're wondering but it certainly would've been better if it was or the story at least made some reference to it). It's also quite clear that Li'l Depressed Boy isn't a boy, he's at least a late teens teenager. If he is an actual boy then the relationship between him and the girl, whose equipped with suitably "alternative" tattoos and nose ring, is a bit creepy because all that suggests she's definitely in her 20s. Which still makes it a bit creepy if LDB is only a teenager... but then he also seems to be living in his own place.. okay so he's definitely not a boy... so... that definitely makes... me confused...
From other reviews this seems to be hitting a chord with other readers, but it's just not doing it for me.
This: Still no conflict.
Forthcoming: Sorry, I'm done.
Read the short review of LDB #1
With the Captain America movie due in theatres soon, Marvel's taking the opportunity to milk the character for all he's worth. Captain America and the First Thirteen is set during World War 2 recounting an episode with one of Cap's love interests, Margaret "Peggy" Carter, an American agent working with the French resistance. Peggy enlists Cap's help to retrieve a vital piece of equipment from the Nazis.
Confession: This is the first Captain America story I've ever read (or at least can remember reading) so the little 'dossier' giving me a bcakground (which in part I've just recounted to you) was very helpful.
Cap doesn't really do much here, or isn't shown doing too much. What the story is more interested is Cap's portrayal as a bit of a "ladies man". Immonen generates a nice, playful, sexual tension in the dialogue between Peggy and Cap which Perez's art adds to nicely with some well produced facial gestures. It's a "small" story in the fact that it provides no massive fights between villains or wild superheroics. It's a minor footnote in Captain America's career but no less an important and, indeed, even slightly touching.
This: For diehard Captain America fans or if you're got some lazy spare change.
Forthcoming: N/A. It's a one shot
The latest Marvel Event starts here with Ed Brubaker giving a nice taster of the major story to come. The Red Skull's daughter, Sin is delving into her father's past to complete his greatest failure. Back during World War 2 and working for the Nazis (more nazis!) the Red Skull's occult ministrations calls down a weapon 'from beyond' only to find that he can't actually use it! Ain't it always the way? Those occult caveats... But apparently Sin has found a way where her father couldn't. Captain America, Bucky, and Namor also feature to throw a spanner into the Red Skull's works.
Comic writer heavyweight Ed Brubaker provides this Prologue to Matt Fraction's full-blown Fear Itself story arc, which going on this "teaser" should be a rollicking good time. While the book doesn't provide anything major, Brubaker deftly places a number of plot points that will no doubt develop into full blown conflicts as the story progresses. Eaton's pencils are sharp and ably abet the narrative.
This: Worth it to get a taste.
Forthcoming: Yes, I'll certainly have a look.
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