Comic Review: Metal #1
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bedsitter23<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35514808-dark-nights" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Dark Nights: Metal (2017-) #1" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1498416269m/35514808.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35514808-dark-nights">Dark Nights: Metal (2017-) #1</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/70026.Scott_Snyder">Scott Snyder</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2106314431">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I don't' envy Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Their run on Batman is one of the only universally loved titles of recent times. Even books I thought were pretty good had plenty of detractors (Tom King's Batman, Bendis Invincible Iron Man, even Mark Waid's Daredevil has made a good reputation, but I remember everyone hating it at the time).<br /><br />I probably should share my biases. I have increasingly become frustrated with DC. A lot of their recent "events" just have not clicked with me. I have to admit, I am not really an 'event' guy.<br /><br />This one is pretty promising though, and the hype on it is off the charts.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm probably going to fall in the minority on this one.<br /><br />I am not sure how to rank it because there is a lot I like about it. I like a lot of the plot points, and I like this version of the Justice league. Even when it goes for "big fun" moments like the Justice League Voltron thing is pretty cool in my eyes.<br /><br />That said, the book is guilty of that thing that happens in Morrison's worst moments- it gets convoluted trying to cram in too many things, and packing in cryptic lines and obscure references. Outside of the most hardcore Dc fans, I can imagine most readers just throwing this down midway through. <br /><br />It only serves to reinforce my DC biases. This one actually is probably going to be a halfway decent book. However with so many 'events', it feels largely unnecessary, and hardly to appeal to anyone who isn't going to normally pick it up. Yet, credit to Snyder to give just enough nuggets that I wouldn't normally be interested in continuing, but I might just keep slogging through this.<br /><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2106314431">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I don't' envy Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Their run on Batman is one of the only universally loved titles of recent times. Even books I thought were pretty good had plenty of detractors (Tom King's Batman, Bendis Invincible Iron Man, even Mark Waid's Daredevil has made a good reputation, but I remember everyone hating it at the time).<br /><br />I probably should share my biases. I have increasingly become frustrated with DC. A lot of their recent "events" just have not clicked with me. I have to admit, I am not really an 'event' guy.<br /><br />This one is pretty promising though, and the hype on it is off the charts.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm probably going to fall in the minority on this one.<br /><br />I am not sure how to rank it because there is a lot I like about it. I like a lot of the plot points, and I like this version of the Justice league. Even when it goes for "big fun" moments like the Justice League Voltron thing is pretty cool in my eyes.<br /><br />That said, the book is guilty of that thing that happens in Morrison's worst moments- it gets convoluted trying to cram in too many things, and packing in cryptic lines and obscure references. Outside of the most hardcore Dc fans, I can imagine most readers just throwing this down midway through. <br /><br />It only serves to reinforce my DC biases. This one actually is probably going to be a halfway decent book. However with so many 'events', it feels largely unnecessary, and hardly to appeal to anyone who isn't going to normally pick it up. Yet, credit to Snyder to give just enough nuggets that I wouldn't normally be interested in continuing, but I might just keep slogging through this.<br /><br />
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