Manhattan Projects, Cover, Pearl, Moth and Whisper

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Pearl 4

Grr.  Rapidly losing interest.  Things are moving at a slow pace, and the dialogue isn’t scintillating enough to distract me from the fact that nothing’s happening.  This was initially meant to be a six issue miniseries, but has since been extended to at least twelve. I’ll stick with it through the first arc, but things aren’t looking good for Pearl’s long term prospects in this household.

Cover 3

David Mack’s art continues to carry this title.  More accurately, David Mack’s five different art styles continue to carry this title.  This time, he’s added some kind of Walt Simonson madness to his repertoire. Just as slow as Pearl, but I’m enjoying this way more.

Mack

Simonson

West Coast Avengers 4

I was on the fence about this, and it didn’t pass the flip through test today.  It’s just a little sillier than what I’m looking for out of this title.

Moth and Whisper 3

The turn of events isn’t that surprising, but it’s well done and I continue to be entertained.  Of course, our hero’s been caught two issues in a row now. Doesn’t speak highly about their skills.

Manhattan Projects 1-25

Love this concept so much.  Take the most amazing scientists of the 20th century, turn them into amazing mad scientists, and throw them all into the same laboratory.  This is probably Jonathan Hickman’s best idea ever.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t exempt from every other Hickman book’s tendency to crash and burn on the landing.  By the end, it felt like Hickman really had no idea about where he was taking the book. Also, at the end it all, what did any of these scientists accomplish?  They build the atomic bomb and went to the moon. (Which happened IRL.) Enrico Fermi turned out to be an alien and got chainsawed to death. Robert Oppenheimer got eaten by his twin brother, triggering a psychic civil war between the two that ended up being pointless when Albert Einstein shot him in the head.  (After returning from banishment to an alternate dimension by his doppelganger Albrecht Einstein.)

Sounds cooler than it reads.  (Though it is pretty cool for a while.)  But by the end, it really feels like everyone’s spinning their wheels and failing to get anything of consequence done.  This could have been so much better.

The art by Nick Pitarra is slick.  It’s very Frank Quitely.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice for 1-19, Fine for 20-25.