Sometimes there are soooo many comics published in a given week (ahem….I’m looking at you Marvel) that despite the heroic efforts of the WCBR writing staff, we simply can’t give every comic a complete review. Thus, the Quick Hit Reviews…
New York Five #2 – Wow is Ryan Kelly a great artist! The story here is solid, slice of life stuff as we follow our four college freshmen as they adapt to life in NYC, but the star of this issue is Kelly’s art. His character work is really strong as young ladies are all cute and express appropriate emotion, but his attention to the city around them in just incredible. The city just feels alive. I really need to track down New York Four and I encourage everyone to check out this Vertigo series. Kelly and Tommy Lee Edwards (on Turf) made a LOT of artist’s backgrounds look like dog food this week. Grade: A- — Dean Stell
X-Men: To Serve and Protect #4 – All I ask of an anthology series is to give me one really memorable story. I almost don’t care if 3/4 of the issue is crap as long as I get that one stellar tale. This issue has a BIG mission accomplished for Jed MacKay and Sheldon Vella’s story of Dazzler, Misty Knight & Colleen Wing engaged in roller derby death match involved a really wacky version of MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Roller Derby!!). Vella’s art and colors are just amazing. Toss in a good finale to the Rockslide/Anole story that has woven through this anthology series and you’ve got a winner. I love the X-office continues to publish these anthologies. Grade: B+ — Dean Stell
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