Marvel Fanfare #4

After 4 issues, the Spidey-Kazar-X-Men team-up story is completed. It had good art and the story was fairly good. It just rambled on a little too much. It should have ended an issue sooner. I think there as just too many cooks in the pot.

In the second story, we’ve got Iron Man in dream land, fighting personifications of his dark side. Obviously, this is a take on Demon in a Bottle in which Stark battles alcoholism. Yet, it’s not mentioned anywhere here. A true missed opportunity. I didn’t like the imagery or the symbolism. Art was good. Story was lame. Not the best issue in this short of a series.

Not Worth Consuming.

Rating: 4 out of 10 stars.

Marvel Fanfare #3

Issue 3 sees the Claremont story head into familiar territory with the arrival of Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus into the Savage Land in hopes of saving the expedition. I’ve forgotten how well Claremont had crafted not a bunch of characters but an entire universe during his lengthy run on the X-titles. Claremont makes a point that the reader doesn’t forget either, reminding readers every few panels that Storm hates tight spaces, Colossus is Russian, and that Wolverine has a temper.

In the back-up tale, Hawkeye’s got into the security consultation game. Only his new client might be operating some sinister experiments. Not a bad story. The art could use some work and the plotting is so quick, the story ends up lapping itself in order to explain some gaffs.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 7 out of 10 stars