Larfleeze #6 – Review

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

The Story: Larfleeze learns a good deal about his connection to the orange energy, while Stargarve is unfortunately still in the clutches of the Wanderer.

The Review: There are times when a reader tries a book, hoping to like it. Of course, everyone getting a specific issue always hope to fall in love with it, yet there are always time when a creator, artist or character is right there, tempting some to buy it even though they aren’t completely sure if the book will deliver.

Larfleeze is a book I really want to like. It has both Keith Giffen and J.M. Dematteis as scribes, Scott Kolins on art and it stars a character that I rather like. Hell, it even features cosmic themes and humor, two things that I really enjoy. The recipe is there for me to simply savor it and let something different be a part of my pull list.

However, it seems it’s not meant to be, as despite the fact that everything is there for me to like, there are several problems that plague this title just enough so it never really reach the potential it does have as a cosmic comedy or as an exploration of just who Larfleeze is in terms of importance to the larger DC cosmos.