FF #9- After last issue, things seem to be building up to a massive battle between the Reeds, the FF, and the Inhumans. Unfortunately, the build-up was better than the execution as the battle this issue was horribly one-side. The Inhumans basically took out the Reeds without trouble and FF was a non-issue in the battle. It was anti-climatic as hell. Writer Jonathan Hickman seem more interested in introducing new plot-lines than showing off a good battle. Usually I have no problem with that but when the most interesting new plot on show was a conversation between 2 kids (Bentley & Val are going to be 2 great villains when they grow up), this means the rest of the new plots aren’t that interesting. However Hickman has shown on previous occasions he can pull a rabbit out of the hat so I can still be hopeful. I just hope my hope is not misplaced.
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time #13- In my review of the last issue of WoT, I state that writer Chuck Dixon has been faithfully adapting the novels by Robert Jordan. I had been happy with his work so far but sometime we can have too much of a good thing and we reached that point this issue. #13 is just too faithful to the book to make a issue. The narrative may be necessary to help readers focused on the battle as it is written in the book but it also pull the reader out of the battle. It’s hard to feel the excitement of the battle when you are reading a narrative overview of the battle. Not a bad issue, just not a very exciting one.
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