Desaad

December 6, 2012 4:12 pm Have to disagree. I had high hopes for this book - perhaps too high - and while this was a fine issue, it was far from what I expected, or what I wanted. "Good" is a fair description, for me. A set up issue that felt like a set up issue, that was riddled with cliche, action that felt phoned in, and cardboard characters. Interesting villains -- villains I want to know more about -- with little personality or definition. A plot that is essentially identical to Giant Sized X Men. Gorgeous art from Opena. Was this a good set up issue? Yup. But it's promising, and interesting, more than it is engaging or compelling. For me, Action Comics, Dial H, Animal Man, and Earth 2 were all better this week.

November 14, 2012 8:23 pm This book was just okay for me; a bit dull, to be perfectly frank, a bit laborious to get through. Gorgeous to look at, but certainly no more beautiful than the overall far superior Saga, my personal pick of the week. Glad people are enjoying this, though; I think it's got potential, but like Iron Man I think it really failed to deliver on a first issue.

November 3, 2012 12:33 am The thing about Daredevil is that it's consistently good but not consistently great. It's an unassailably well put together book, you know, but the ambition of something like Saga (or Journey Into Mystery, or Batman Inc, or Dial H, or Wonder Woman) - which is not only really well put together but ultimately is a story that works on at least 3 levels, and all of them brilliantly - is just a more impressive feat. I think even Snyder's Batman is saying more than Waid's Daredevil is, ultimately. Morrison's Batman Inc works on a huge number of levels to, but I think it's gotten too complicated and self referential at this point to get a large number of people to vote for it. Anyway, tl;dr is that while I think everyone who reads Daredevil would agree that it's a great book, I'm betting it's not that many peoples' FAVORITE book.

November 1, 2012 3:47 pm What I'll say about books like Daredevil, Hawkeye, Animal Man, Batman, etc is that while they're all spectacularly well executed -- in the case of Hawkeye, thus far, perfectly executed -- they're also distinctly less AMBITIOUS than some of my favorites out there.

November 1, 2012 3:40 pm Just one is tough. Ultimately, I go Batman Inc. It's gorgeous, it's brilliant, it's dense, it's innovative, it's complex both textually and subtextually, and it's absolutely brimming with character. It's also concerned with actively creating a world, building new characters, in a way that few (if any) mainstream comics bother with anymore. It was a tough call between Saga, Dial H, Wonder Woman and this, but there it is.

October 29, 2012 12:12 pm You jest, but I listened to this whole thing as a Fialkov fan! WANT MOAR!!!! Very excited for this.

October 26, 2012 4:20 pm I know that no one here reads it, but Journey Into Mystery this week was by far the best thing released, and capped off a run that I think is the best long form run Marvel has published in the last decade. It deserved a panel!

October 25, 2012 2:38 pm Basics?

October 18, 2012 9:28 am The way they're structured and the lackadaisical release schedule has made my enthusiasm for the books dwindle -- and it wasn't high to start with. But I love all the creators involved, so I've been picking htem all up and will read each as a completed story, the way I read Watchmen. I have no doubt that Minutemen is going to be spectacularly crafted, for instance. Or that Rorshach and Comedian will be witty and nuanced. Or that Ozymandias will be beautiful (and, I hope, narratively ornate at least, smart at best). Or that Doctor Manhattan and Nite Owl will be emotionally manipulative and a bit saccharine (not necessarily a bad thing, all the time).

October 18, 2012 9:25 am Isn't a book offering a character study still consequential? The consequences of reading it are joy and insight!