Final 1st Feb comic reviews

When you buy a bunch of comics, like I did on 1st Feb, a pattern normally emerges. You read your favourites and most exciting ones first. First issues and cliffhangers normally have a bearing on this as well. Then you get to the other regular titles. If you find that the same titles end up at the bottom of the pile month after month then it's normally time to examine them and see if it's worth continuing to pick them up as they are clearly not as interesting as the rest.

It's nice to think that the two comics tonight don't fall into that category.

Eternals #6 (of 7) by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr features an interesting story about characters of whom I was aware (they've been around the Marvel Universe for a long time) but knew little about. The superb art by JR Jr matches the grandeur of the storyline as the Eternals struggle to prevent the dreaming Celestial from waking and destroying the Earth.

This series was originally schedules to be only 6 issues long but has now been extended to 7. My guess is that this is because of the events in "Civil War" and Gaiman wants to ensure and establish the Eternals new place in the Marvel Universe before completing his story.

One other comment I would make is that I expect that this series will read even better in one sitting. In the meantime I would still give it 7.5/10.

Squadron Supreme: Hyperion vs. Nighthawk #1 (of 4) by Mark Guggenheim and Paul Gulacy.

I'm not sure how this fits into current Squadron Supreme continuity as in the last issue of SS I got (issue #7) finished with Hyperion, Blur and Nighthawk squaring off against Redstone. Anyway, putting that question to one side this is still a good issue although the fight will clearly have ramifications in the main book.

Guggenheim goes a bit Ben Elton by introducing a bit of real world politics into his story but only gets all preachy in the text piece at the end so as not to distract from the main drama here. How can an ordinary person defeat Superman?

Paul Gulacy changes his style slightly for this comic compared to his previous work. It's OK but nothing special. Overall rating 7/10.