Larfleeze #2 – Review

Keith Giffen, J.M. Dematteis (Writers), Scott Kolins (Artist) Mike Attiyeh (Colorist)

The Story: Stargrave laments a bit with other minions and servants as the two cosmic powerhouse they serve duke it out.

The Review: I did not exactly high expectations out of this title. I have to admit that even though the titular character had been impressive in his first appearances and the fact that both Keith Giffen and J.M. Dematteis were writing this, I had some real doubts about the potential quality, or lack of, about this title. With that in mind, I gave the writing duo a chance and was left actually impressed with the first issue, as it advanced the character a bit, was funny at times and actually gave us answers about Larfleeze, providing us readers with some actual information about his past and the like. With that positive first taste of what was to come in the series, I was left optimistic about a title that may yet fulfill a certain cosmic longing I had.

How foolish of me. This may sound really harsh of me, yet this issue was exactly what I was dreading the first issue could have been: unfunny, unfocused and at times chaotic, though not in a nice way. There is a lot going on in the issue, so to speak, yet not everything is told in ways that seems interesting or even well-paced, which does not leave much of an impact once all is said and done.