Man, what a pisser it is to buy a comic book and find out that it isn't remotely what you thought it would be. That is what happened to me with Fantastic Four: A Death in the Family one-shot.
From what the preview said, I thought this issue fit into current continuity. I even thought that it might tie in to Civil War. What an idiot I am!!!
FF: Death is a new story and a reprint of Fantastic Four #245, so it isn't even all new. That just makes me feel dumber. Great.
In FF: Death, Johnny makes an error that costs Sue her life. He decides to try and fix what he did. Okay, that is really fricking original... not. The art by Lee Weeks was old school, which was cool, and the story by Karl Kesel was even kinda poignant.
The problem is that I was duped by false advertising, and didn't even get all new stuff for my $3.99. I am pissed about this!
Bottom Line: I want to alert you that this story isn't what you may think. It is okay, but not earth shattering. Don't go buy it thinking that it fits into the current storyline. Don't be misled.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
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2 comments:
Scott- I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news on this one. You will have to let me know what you think.
Matthew: Amen brother. Your bottom line matches mine. I read that too, and feel like I was duped for sure.
It makes me angry that I spent yet another $3.99 on crap.
Thank you for the insight.
I will not buy a comic with the following words "A", "death", "in", "the", "family" if those words are in the title, as the title, in that specific order.
As an exception some day I will purchase the collection where the Joker beat Post-Crisis Boy Wonder's head in with a crowbar, and left him to die, while blowing the juvenile up in the meantime along with his mother. Batman also punches Superman. The Joker tries to murder the UN on behalf of Iran.
Beyond that, I take the presence of those words in the title as a sign of comics badness.
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