Re-Reading: X-O Manowar #20

[xoken]

I thought we could do a book a day (that way people can read one every day or catch up on weekends), talk about it on its own, in the context of whats next, in regards to what expectations it creates and vote on how good it is. I don't have to be the one that posts everyday. If I miss a day or if someone wants to take over please do

For voting think of your single favourite comic book (not just VALIANT) as the benchmark - thats a 10 - and grade according to that.

Make sure to mention what you like'd about the book, what you didn't, what you wish they would have done, your favourite panels, lines of dialogue, little bits of trivia etc.

X-O Manowar #20

[Todd Luck]

Same complaints and compliments as last issue. The idea behind the government's Deep Feeze plan was neat but it seems a bit anti-climatic that it was never used on anything before Aric trashed it. I could think of a lot of neat stories that could've come out of it.

Again the strike team doesn't stand a chance against Aric. Randy's struggle manages to keep the action from beng a total bore.

The way Aric has Harada take care of the situation was kind of interesting. The call from the President was a nice touch. It's great to resolve this by talking but, unfortunately, it just seems a little anti-climatic here. It's just disappointing that the govenment never pulled out anything that could even scratch the armor. It just feels like the dialog was the only exciting part of this plotline, which isn't good for an action book.

But, still, the chemistry between Aric and Randy is so good it does bring life to this issue. And it is worthy to note that we get a third good "on-going" artist in a row (fourth, I guess, if you count Bart). So this issue still gets a 7, but just barely.

[magnusr]

This is an issue inbetween storylines. The last ends rather quickly, with the best action in scenes without Aric, not counting some legal tidying up after which we are quickly setup for the next story which looks like a big shake-up.

/Magnus

[Daniel Jackson]

This was a good book, but I felt they could have made another issue or two with Aric having to deal with the IRS trying to take his company. It just seemed to get cleared up too soon for my liking.

[jedimarley]

Good read. Though I could have used a little more with Harada and Aric.