So, I can’t say I’m a big Luke Cage fan or a John Arcudi fan either. This book’s draw for me was completely all about the artwork of Eric Canete. His work seems to create pretty instant divisions between love and hate, but I think his is one of those unique styles in comics that adds more dynamism, storytelling, and character to any subject he draws–instantly recognizable.

Imagine my surprise as I opened the pages of New Avengers Luke Cage #2 to find NO ERIC CANETE. Marvel went out of their way I guess to try and find another artist to fill-in the first few pages which just happened to be a flashback. Ok, at some point Mr. Canete’s beautiful renderings should turn up–Ah, there they are…for about FOUR PAGES. Than we get a nice wrap-up by said Mr. Fill-in (not taking the time to find his name).

I would expect something like this from DC because they are all about making the trains run on time, talent be damned. But I don’t care about Luke Cage (as I’ve stated), I care about the creators. It’s understandable that creators can fall into missing deadlines because things in life come up, but I would rather wait a year for issue #2 of full on Canete art than get my on-time, mostly fill-in issue that now completely taints my interest in this series. When I get duped into spending $4 on four pages of solid art and a story I could take or leave, it puts a bad taste in my mouth. I suppose from now on I’ll have to thumb through my comics judiciously before buying.