Adam Strange #3
Originally presented at Comixtreme.com on November 30, 2004
Quick Rating: Great
Title: Planet Heist Part Three
Adam is saved from plunging into Rann’s blazing sun - but with the rescue be worse than the danger he faced in the first place?
Writer: Andy Diggle
Art: Pascal Ferry
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Rob Leigh
Editor: Stephen Wacker
Cover Art: Pascal Ferry
Publisher: DC Comics
Review: I’ll be the first to admit - gleefully - that I was totally wrong about this book after the first issue. I was afraid that Andy Diggle was going to take Adam Strange down the route of a hardboiled crime drama instead of the grand space opera genre he’s always belonged in. Three issues into the series, he’s embraced the space opera, and he’s doing it as well as I’ve ever seen it done.
With the entire planet of Rann missing, Adam is about to plunge into the sun, only to be picked up by rescuers from a familiar planet in the DC Universe. Things go from bad to worse, however, when his rescuers accuse Adam of destroying Rann himself. He’s being railroaded, and he knows it, but he doesn’t have any way to escape - will he face execution for a crime he doesn’t even believe happened?
Diggle shows a lot of love and respect for the greater DC Universe in this issue, drawing in elements from other space-faring titles that the company has put out, but he always keeps the spotlight on Adam. At the same time, he’s found a way to integrate the mystery aspects of the storyline without sacrificing what made the character great in the first place.
Pascal Ferry is doing some of the most beautiful work I’ve ever seen. Along with what appears to be painted colors by Dave McCaig, they’ve created a version of the greater universe that’s absolutely dazzling. It’s a wonderful blend of the classic retro-50s art style that made the character what he was to begin with and a more modern artistic sensibility. Somehow the artwork is dark and bright and dark at the same time - it’s not easy to do, in fact I would have said it was impossible before this series, but the result is absolutely wonderful.
I’m sold. I’m won over. I love Adam Strange, and I’m ecstatic to report that Diggle, Ferry and McCaig have done him right.
Rating: 9/10
Quick Rating: Great
Title: Planet Heist Part Three
Adam is saved from plunging into Rann’s blazing sun - but with the rescue be worse than the danger he faced in the first place?
Writer: Andy Diggle
Art: Pascal Ferry
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Rob Leigh
Editor: Stephen Wacker
Cover Art: Pascal Ferry
Publisher: DC Comics
Review: I’ll be the first to admit - gleefully - that I was totally wrong about this book after the first issue. I was afraid that Andy Diggle was going to take Adam Strange down the route of a hardboiled crime drama instead of the grand space opera genre he’s always belonged in. Three issues into the series, he’s embraced the space opera, and he’s doing it as well as I’ve ever seen it done.
With the entire planet of Rann missing, Adam is about to plunge into the sun, only to be picked up by rescuers from a familiar planet in the DC Universe. Things go from bad to worse, however, when his rescuers accuse Adam of destroying Rann himself. He’s being railroaded, and he knows it, but he doesn’t have any way to escape - will he face execution for a crime he doesn’t even believe happened?
Diggle shows a lot of love and respect for the greater DC Universe in this issue, drawing in elements from other space-faring titles that the company has put out, but he always keeps the spotlight on Adam. At the same time, he’s found a way to integrate the mystery aspects of the storyline without sacrificing what made the character great in the first place.
Pascal Ferry is doing some of the most beautiful work I’ve ever seen. Along with what appears to be painted colors by Dave McCaig, they’ve created a version of the greater universe that’s absolutely dazzling. It’s a wonderful blend of the classic retro-50s art style that made the character what he was to begin with and a more modern artistic sensibility. Somehow the artwork is dark and bright and dark at the same time - it’s not easy to do, in fact I would have said it was impossible before this series, but the result is absolutely wonderful.
I’m sold. I’m won over. I love Adam Strange, and I’m ecstatic to report that Diggle, Ferry and McCaig have done him right.
Rating: 9/10