If you put a picture of Tony Stark decorating a house for
Christmas on the cover of your comic book, then I expect said issue to be about
Christmas! That’s not the case here! Had I know that it was a “Death of Sad
Sack” copout, I never would’ve bought the thing. Here’s the thing, I also
bought a Fantastic Four issue with a similar cover and I bet that thing’s not
about Christmas or Hannukah either! (The Thing is Jewish- this is not a non
sequitur.)
What I got instead was an issue set in the Heroes Reborn
universe in which Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld tried to reboot the Marvel universe.
Thankfully, Liefeld’s horrid art is nowhere to be found in this issue. But
whoever was drawing this must’ve taken lessons from the Liefeld School of Anatomy
Drawing, because the proportions of the characters was out of whack. If you don’t
believe me, look at how tiny Stark’s hand is next to the bar code in relation
to a medium sized head and massive shoulders that stretch out like 10 feet
wide.
The story was good. It involved the Living Laser and there’s
even a mystery of “Who Killed Bruce Banner?” thrown in. Though, I didn’t think
the Hulk was involved in the Heroes Reborn storyline. I guess I was wrong.
It’s an okay book. But I was expecting this to be a
Christmas issue. I’m glad I only paid like a buck or less for this.
Rating: 5 out of 10 stars.
Holiday atmosphere rating: 1 out of 10 jingle
bells. (It should be zero, but the cover was festive.)
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