MARVEL ASSISTANT SIZE SPECTACULAR #1 (OF 2)
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I had no idea what this book was about when I picked it up. That was a happier time for me.
Page one was a big red flag that this book wasn’t for me. See, it’s totally self-aware. Like it starts with assistant editors at Marvel being under-appreciated. (No way.) (Schway.) So they decide it would be cool to tell their own stories. Zowee!
The first story in this book is about D-Man. I don’t remember him from the Marvel U. And this story didn’t inspire me to go look him up. Totally dull, but it did establish a theme: dead dogs.
The next story has Jason Aaron (and dead dogs!) involved in a dispute between the AZ Initiative team, a villain named Cottonmouth, and the Navajo Nation (the native Americans, not a wrestling team). The art is super reminiscent of The Gunslinger books (the cover is even a rip-off, sorry, homage, to a Gunslinger cover). The story partially redeems the pages that came before it.
Wrapping it up is a Mini-Marvel Hawkeye story. Thus taking this comic from ugh territory to Woo World. In fact, just take out the expository assistant editor story and you’ve got a pretty decent issue of Astonishing Tales. Hmmmm. They should get on that.
Art: 4 - Very Good
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