- It was one of the best covers I had ever seen... The colors, the bold title,
they all called to me... It was a truly brilliant bit of artwork.
Enough BS. The cover of this month's selection "Comic Book" features a
BRIGHT YELLOW cover, with the simple title "Comic Book" written in
caps across the front. In the top corner is the issue number, and the
lovely low price of 1.95. For that cheap, I decided it was worth picking up
to review. There was one issue left, and I nabbed it up quickly.
Boy, am I glad I did. The initial chuckle at the title was only the
beginning of the mirth this book had to offer. The very first page had me
laughing aloud (as compared to the quiet chuckles the good issues of
Tick elicit). It is THAT funny.
- The main character is a generic super hero. He doesn't seem to have a
name. He has no logo emblazoned boldly on his chest. His costume is
very standard... Tights, cape, and the required underwear-on-the-
outside. The comic is in black and white, but if it were to be in color, I
just know the suit would be simple primary colors. He doesn't seem to
demonstrate any powers, either.
- However, the real comedy comes from the generic mad scientist and his
generic hunchbacked lackey... The dialog exchanges these two have with
each other and the other characters in the book are hilarious.
One big plus: absolutely positively NO ads (unless you count the hero
going into the comic shop looking for a copy of "Comic Book"). This is
cover to cover story... Including the inside of both covers. It has less
pages than a normal comic (I'm too lazy to count), but hey, for 2 bucks,
what do you expect?
- The one drawback with this particular issue is the scene when the hero
goes home and we find out that he lives with his mom... The dialog and
even the whole scene seem a bit stretched, and I think the book would
have been better off without this scene, and maybe some more
exchanges between villain and lackey. The biggest drawback I see with
the series in general is I'm not sure how long the concept can be funny. If
this is just a 4 issue mini-series, or something like that, I predict it will
work out well and perhaps be worthy of some sequels in later years.
This book is published by (according to the guys at the comic shop)
Undercover comics (forgive me if I got the name wrong), written by Doug
Miers, penciled by Amilton Santos, inked by Rob Lean, and lettered by
Michael David Thomas. Given such a short list of credits, I decided to
name them all! Everyone gets recognition in this review!
In summary, I say the first issue of this fun series is worth picking up on
your next trip to the comic shop.
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