Review: Promethea, #1

Promethea, #1 by Alan Moore
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It’s a start to something familiar.

If you’re looking for Alan Morres best work this is not it. If you’re looking for him to write about two subjects that he doesn’t usually overload on, magic and sex, this is it. The story starts off about a girl discovering some magical goddess power but that gets brushed aside to the writer can spend the rest of the book talking about magic. Before that we get a wizard bribing the girl for sex in exchange for an intro to magic. The rest is two snake’s talk no about Tarot cards.

This ends up being the writer acting like he’s a modern Prof. Dumbledore teaching you how magic works. The problem is not everyone signed up for a magical history lesson. While it is interesting to a point it does get so esoteric that readers can easily lose interest in the characters. No one really sticks out as their only role is to get to the next lesson in the writers views on magic. There’s better stuff that you can read from him without all of the showing off.

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Review: Top 10

Top 10 by Alan Moore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Comic supercops

It's one part Law & Order and the other a nostalgia trip through comic book history. By the standard that Alan Moore is held to this is just above average. It's not great but it's better then what most writers can do. The ending is flat and you have to read the other related books to really get a better grasp on what he wanted to do. This is a fine intro into the universe of ABC (Americas Best Comics) but it wasn't the best thing that he created in this line.

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Review: The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1

The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1 by Marv Wolfman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is just the start of what ends up being one of the cornerstone runs of DC Comics. It gets better later but this volume is just a soft intro to some incredible work. If all you have seen are the animated series then this is where you get the characters and stories that you've seen on those shows. There are very few series that have the same impact as this run in any comic series.

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Review: DC Comics: The Art of Jim Lee Vol. 1

DC Comics: The Art of Jim Lee Vol. 1 by Jim Lee
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Wrong format

If you really want to get the best out of reading this book the digital format is not the way to go. If you are able to read the large physical print format do that instead. That is a better way to experience the art of this art book. There's no story here, it's a sketch book with some retrospective information within it. If you really want to deep dive into Jim Lees work and life this isn't the best way to do it. Keep in mind there's none of his Marvel work in here so enjoy his DC work and then look to spend money on his Marvel works. It's still a nice view but not a great read.

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Review: Space Ghost

Space Ghost by Joe Kelly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

More than coast to coast

This is the hardcore origin story of Space Ghost. Take out any comedy or kiddie views on why a man would choose to be a ghost. The chase for justice starts with a need for vengeance for him. From there we see the start of what could have been really fun. This is a one off so you can get in and be done with just this book. I think more of this could have been great but this is still a solid story for a ghost.

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Review: Teen Titans: The Silver Age Vol. 2

Teen Titans: The Silver Age Vol. 2 by Bob Haney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Decent closeout

While not as fun as volume 1 it's still a nice read. You can move onto the other Titan books knowing the original run ended like this.

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Review: Teen Titans: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1

Teen Titans: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 by Bob Haney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Go, Go, Go Titans

If you're use to Teen Titans Go! this is a 1960s version of that type of story telling. I'm a Teen Titans fan so reading this was good to me. It's not for everyone but if you don't mind some dialogue that is outdated there's still a good group of stories in this book.

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