Review: Secret War #2

I think what I will do each week is try to review a book, and alternate in tone - positive or negative.

This week, I'm in a pretty decent mood and feel like writing a positive review. My favorite book of the week was Secret War #2. These reviews will try to avoid spoilers. As time goes on, I imagine that I will get better at doing this.

Secret War #2
Marvel Comics
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Gabriele Dell'Otto

This is the second part of a five issue limited series. Each part comes out every three months. If you've read works by Bendis before, then you'll be familiar with his drawn out storytelling style. Because of this, the book is not helped by the quarterly release schedule. But the story is still compelling -- the major players of the mini-series are revealed, and it's an all-star lineup of Marvel heroes just as promised.

The art is spectacular. The painted style works really well. This must be part of the reasons for the long time spans between each issue but I think it's worth the wait. The first issue of the series revealed a conspiracy and now the "powers that be" are going to do something about it. Overall, I'm pretty impressed.

I wonder, maybe this series would have been better released as an oversized hardcover. Perhaps the profit margin just isn't the same. But if it continues as promised, this series will have major effects on the Marvel U. And just once in a while, it's nice to be reminded that all these heroes work in the same places.