Bill Mantlo

Note: I received an advanced reader copy of this book from the publisher for the purpose of reviewing with the lowest amount of bias.

The characters match their game counterparts, but the book is paced out in a way that prevented me from getting a firm grasp on what was happening and why I was supposed to be emotionally invested in it. The time keeps hopping back and forth but with the same characters, so it is difficult to keep track of what situation the heroes were in at any given time.

I listened to the audiobook version: I did not like the narrator though. His Gamora voice and his Kor-El voice hardly sounded any different and his switching between character voices wasn't very smooth.… (plus d'informations)

Bill Mantlo was never one my go-to comic book writers. I never shied away from him, knowing I'd get a decent story.

George Freeman, on the other hand, has been a favourite artist of mine since I saw his work in Captain Canuck.

So, I was counting on--and got--great art. The story? More "meh" than anything. The Jack of Hearts was a character I never knew much about, but was always interested in, simply because he was essentially one of the most powerful characters ever created...and Marvel appeared to have no clue what to do with him.

So we come to the stereotypical Marvel kiss-off. We don't want to deal with him anymore, but we don't necessarily want to kill him off. So, we'll dance around a half-assed overused Superman trope, and get him to do one last heroic deed on a cosmic scale, then send him off to the stars until one of our writers figures out a new take on him.

Sometimes I hate the lack of thought and respect Marvel shows its characters.… (plus d'informations)