Team Seven #0 – Review

By: Justin Jordan (story), Jesus Merino, Norm Rapmund, Rob Hunter (art) Nathan Eyring (colors)

The Story: Seven extraordinary individuals gathered to save the world from itself—maybe.

The Review: In a lot of ways, comics are a lot like television; you’re always looking for the newest addiction, whether it be a critical darling (Arrested Development), a pop hit (Friends), or a project that works as both (Seinfield).  I don’t pick up every new title I see, but I like looking in each one that comes out, hoping to find the next big thing.  On that level, I really appreciate DC’s “waves” of new titles.  There’s always a chance a great series is around the corner.

The first thing I usually look at in a new title is the rhythm and style of the writing, well before I consider the story’s actual merits.  Blame it on my English major or some quirk in my personality, but I can’t stand artificial, hacky dialogue or narration.  It just reeks of a writer who’s trying too hard or a little too obsessed with his idea of how his story should sound.  Jordan makes good on his DC debut thanks to some carefully constructed, if not exactly inspired, writing.  Given the genre he’s dealing with, he could easily have gone overboard in trying to make the script “edgy,” but he keeps the tone centered, which wears well on the characters.