Vibe #3 – Review

By: Sterling Gates (story), Fabian Neves (art), Pete Woods (pencils), Sean Parsons (inks), Brad Anderson (colors)

The Story: Vibe discovers that Kid Flash can be a little touchy about being touched.

The Review: I have a soft spot for all the second bananas of the world; those are my peeps, right there.  When it comes to comics, much as I admire and respect the big names, the major architects of their respective universes, I also really like to root for the lesser-known but no less reliable writers.  Their individual styles might not stand out like their more famous peers, but they are solid craftsman who can deliver as needed.

I count Gates as one of these much overlooked writers.  I very much liked his work on the previous volume of Supergirl, and even when he’s been given some real dogs of titles to work on, you can see the talent underneath it all.  Putting him on Vibe is a great choice.  If you can’t have Geoff Johns putting his star power to work on the title, then you need someone who can bring a similar sensibility and level of attention to a fairly vulnerable character and story.