Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (#11)

Been a long time but it's back for the last time in 2012. And we got a bunch of Spidey Specials to go along with the other cartoons including a JL Christmas episode, 5 different movies and a very appropriate ending.

It's Comic Book Cartoons as you need them. Comic Book Crave Starts NOW!

SPECIAL: Ron Marz & Erik Larsen Tweet About Writing Comics

Last Night, Ron Marz (@ronmarz , writer of various comics including current writer of Artifacts after a long run on Witchblade & papa to Kyle Rayner) started a discussion and gave a how to write comics. As his tweets went along, he was soon joined by other creators, such as Erik Larsen (@ErikJLarsen)& more.

Here is a transcript of the Tweets in semi paragraph form & take notes hopeful writers. I KNOW I DID.

RON MARZ:

First, I write 1-20 (or however many pages) down the side of a piece of notebook paper. I pace out what happens on each page in.....just a few words or a sentence. You make sure your story fits into the allotted space in this way. Then on notebook paper I break down each page into panels, figuring out the visual storytelling. No specific number of panels per page......is right or wrong. It's about what each page needs. But remember, somebody has to DRAW this. Don't overload the page with too much.But also be aware that each page is precious, and should add another building block to the overall story. Every page must have a purpose.
I'll include dialogue notes to myself in the page breakdowns, so I know there's room to convey information and characterization.You should have a page-turn/cliffhanger moment at the end of every page; metaphorically, you ask a question at the end of every page......"what will happen next, who is casting that shadow, who said that from off panel?" etc. Make reader turn the page to get the answer. Page-turn moments are more important at the end of odd-numbered pages (which are actual page turns).
Once I'm happy with the breakdowns -- and stuff gets moved around at this stage -- I type up the breakdowns and dialogue notes in MS Word. I don't use Final Draft or any screenplay software, because your script is NOT a screenplay. Your script is a long letter to the artist......so he/she knows what to draw. Writer's job is to give artist all info they need to draw the page, and then LET ARTIST DRAW THE PAGE.
Artist will interpret and often improve the picture in your head. Add panels, combine panels, change angles, etc. That's the artist's job. The artist is more than likely BETTER at it than you are. So don't expect artists to be art monkeys obeying your whims. Collaborate. Once I have breakdowns and dialogue notes typed up, I go through and write a more complete take on first-draft dialogue. First-draft dialogue is wretched, but conveys what will be said, in what order, and how much balloon room needs to be left. 
When that's done, off the script goes to the editor and artist. Include color notes if you have them, since colorist should get a copy too. As they art comes back in, I write the final dialogue, so it's matched to what's on the page. Adjust your script to fit the art. It's easier and more time effective to rewrite dialogue than redraw pages. Adjust what you do to what the artist does. Remember: 5 or 6 people in the world will read the script (editor or two, artist, letterer, colorist). Your script is NOT the final product.The comic is the final product. All parts of process should be working together to make a great comic, not to give any one part precedence. Also be aware that different types of scripts work better or worse for different artists: more detail, less choreography, etc.  If I can't see the page in my head, I do not have the right to hand it to the artist and say "draw this." But ... I fully expect the artist to come back with something different than what's in my head. That's where the creative magic is. 
Things to know: how much visual info fits on page; how much visual info fits in panel; how much lettering fits in a balloon and in a panel. Another thing to know: characters CANNOT perform multiple actions in a panel. Can't park a car, get out and walk into building in one panel.  When you write stuff like that, artists curse you soundly, laugh at you behind your back, and then tell other artists about it.Starlin explained it to me like this, at start of my career: each panel is a frozen moment in time. The job is to show the right moments.So that's what I know. Now I gotta go write some comics.
And that was what Ron Marz stated. He was then asked questions that he answered like:

The choice between breakdowns and full scripts, Marz answered:

Depends on the artist. Many are used to full script, because plot style has become much less common.
I'll work whatever way artist is comfortable, and yields best book. Sometimes I have specific thing that needs full script.
And Marz reiterated the importance of the Artist:


As I said earlier, writer gives the artist everything needed to draw the page, then artist decides how to do it.



And shortly after he sparked this fire, other creators sounded off. One of the most vocal is comic icon and veteran Erik Larsen added his own advice:

First things rookie writers need to understand is that they're not writing a movie. Characters can't do multiple tasks in one panel.  Second--is to understand that a reader sees every panel of a spread at once. Surprises don't work in panel three on a right-handed page.

And Erik went on to give answers to hopefuls on twitter which hold wisdom such as:

When dealing with ads:

generally writer contend themselves with single page bites and having each end on a mini-cliffhanger.

Also:

If you can cut a panel without harming the story--cut it. Keep only panels that add something. 
writing comics is a totally different discipline. You need to be succinct.
Every kind of writing has its rules. The important thing is to use them.
 

A lot of sound advice here. Hopefully, any one who wants to create comics get's something out of this.

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (#10)

It is back. Comic book cartoons and shows for your enjoyment. It is time to get your power rings, swords, guns or capes and spring into action. It's Comic Book Crave and it starts ... NOW:

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (#9)

We got some great Superhero goodies for you. We got episodes of  The Tick, Ruby Spears Superman, WildCATS, Specatcular Spiderman, Teen Titans, Static Shock, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Justice League, Savage Dragon, Nightman, Static Shock, X-Men,Spawn and our movie this week ... the Dr. Strange pilot from the late 70s. So dive into a brand new Comic Book Crave.

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (Vol. 1, #8)

Comic Book Crave Returns. After a week off due to the holiday, it is back and ready for more. Get ready for great comic book action & adventure.

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (Vol . #1, #7)

With Astonishing X-Men done for now, Comic Book Crave has a bit of an overhaul. The classic 90s X-Men show joins the roster alongside The Tick, Incredible Hulk, Nightman & Justice League. With our standard shows of Ruby Spears Superman, Static Shock, WildCats, Savage Dragon, Avengers EMH, Teen Titans & Spectacular Spiderman It is a bold, new Comic Book Crave. NOW!

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (Vol 1 #6)

We got more action, more adventure. More of Comic Book Crave.

Broken Infinite TV:Comic Book Crave (Vol 1, #5)

 More Comic Book  cartoons then you can shake a stick at.





















Featuring: Superman, Astonishing X-Men, Static Shock, Spectacular Spiderman, Spawn, Justice League, Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Batman: Deathwish,

Broken Infinite TV: Comic Book Crave (Vol. 1, Vol # 4)

Comic Book Crave returns with all new action and adventure!













Featuring:
Astonishing X-Men
WildCATs
Savage Dragon
Teen Titans
Avengers: EMH
Spectacular Spiderman
Spawn
and More.

Comic Book Crave (# 2, Volume 1)

It's more comic book cartoons and features.

Featuring: Astonishing X-Men Gifted episode 2, WildCATS episode 2,Savage Dragon episode 1, Superman: Red Son, Spectacular Spiderman episode 2, Static Shock episode 2, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode 2, Teen Titans episode 2, Spawn episode 2 & The full length Spiderwoman motion comic

#36 SAVAGE DRAGON/HELLBOY & GORILLA HITLER?!

Savage Dragon/Hellboy Crossover: Attack of Gorilla Hitler

Written & Art by Erik Larsen 


Savage Dragon created by Erik Larsen


Hellboy created by Mike Mignola


Review by Hector Ramirez


Hey Clashers, Hector here, reviewing a crossover from the 90’s that probably should have stayed there. I’m talking about the 2 part Savage Dragon/Hellboy crossover from Dark Horse and Image. This is going to be a bumpy ride folks so strap in and hold on tight.

Our story starts in 1945 Romania where Hellboy is fighting what appears to be a big Nazi robot, but then he knocks the head piece off to reveal Adolf Hitler who had been believed to have committed suicide years before. Amidst the battle Red hit’s the robot suit in its chest causing it to explode with Hitler inside leaving nothing but his head. A masked Nazi takes the head in hopes of salvaging Hitler’s brain. Fast forward to the 90’s where a pissed off gorilla, with a brain in a bowl on his head, named BrainApe, is chained up being told if he wished to be free he would have to serve the new leader of the sinister circle. BrainApe is sent to kill Savage Dragon and grudgingly agrees. BrainApe finds Dragon at a train yard helping Hellboy in a fight. Upon seeing Red, memories of….wait for it…..Hitler’s life come rushing back to BrainApe and his hatred for our demon friend puts him in a frenzy. He uses his telekinetic powers(yes Hitler Gorilla is telekinetic) to turn Dragon and Hellboy against each other hoping they will kill each other getting his revenge and completing his task in one shot. Dragon overpowers Red easily and takes the fight out of BrainApe’s telekinetic range giving him the chance to fight the gorillas hold. Dragon then knocked Hitler’s brain off of the gorilla but the brain…..I cant believe I’m about to type these words….the brain grew legs and started to run away. Dragon throws a knife at it killing Hitler’s brain for good.

So yeah. Hitler’s brain on an ape. um….WTF!?!?!?! What in God’s name was the writer thinking?! That being said, it wasn’t that bad of a story. It wasn’t overbearing or forced, like some crossovers are it just kind of worked. The art was pretty good; I had no complaints. I’ve come to expect that with my experience with Image comics. So all in all, the story telling was good, art was good. It is just elements were just out of  left field insane. That being said, I give this crossover a Red Robin. Until next time friends, keep clashing.

#7 DYNAMO 5:SINS OF THE FATHER #1-5 miniseries

Welcome my fellow nerdlebrities and otakutaunts to another edition of Comic Book Clash. TEAM BOOK MONTH CONTINUES as out next Match up will face one super powered family vs. another. Yes, after long deliberation, we will be seeing the Dynamo 5 vs. The Fantastic Four. Yes! I know than the FF are now called the Future Foundation but I am going to be dealing with the final storyline of that book.

GET READY as the first part of our bout is about to begin. It's DYNAMO 5 vs. the FANTASTIC FOUR.

VS.















TALE OF THE TAPE

   For those of you not familiar, Dynamo 5 is a comic book that debuted back in 2007, created and written by Jay Faerber and artist Muhmud A. Asrar. The team played off the concept of a super hero family but it the literal sense, not necessarily acting like one. The Dynamo 5 came about with a super hero with multiple powers, named Captain Dynamo was killed. His wife Maddie Warner, a former agent for a governmental super human monitoring agency called F.L.A.G., was dealing with being a widow when she found out that her husband was . . . well . . . for lack of a better term, a slut. Upon his death, Maddie found out that Captain Dynamo was tapping booty all over the world . . . and beyond. Dear God! The man ended up tapping more booty that James Bond and Captain Kirk . And it didn't matter what color, race . . . hell, human or not, if you were female, Captain Dynamo would have sex with you.  . . Sorry.
     Anyway, Tower City, the former haven of Captain Dynamo, became overrun by villains of all kinds. While other heroes lent a hand when they could but Tower City needed its own heroes. So what does the widow of a great but sexually greed hero do in this situation? Why look up if her husband has some super powered children. And what do you know? There were at least 5. At least 5.Actually 6 cause of one of the team's villains is actually their sister. And I get the feeling there will be more but none have appeared yet.
      Enter Captain Dynamo's bastard children, I mean illegitimate children. You know, I am not spinning this very well but to be honest, this is humorous to me. No disrespect at all but this is kinda hits close to home for me and I find it hilarious. Forgive me but geez Captain Dynamo. Anyway, 5 brothers and sisters who didn't know who were brothers and sisters all collected by their step-mom  in order to be a super team to replace their dad. Ladies and Gentlemen, a reflexion of the world we live in. And these 5 have super powers: Hector Chang, Bridget Flynn, Spencer Bridges, Olivia Lewis and Gage Reinhart. For the 25 issues of the original ongoing, they made up a team that defended Tower City against their father's enemies and new foes all their own while learning to be a family.
     Despite how much it bothered her to have the living constant reminders of her husband's affairs, Maddie turned these 5 strangers not only into heroes, but into a family. Originally, the Dynamo 5's codenames were Visionary (Hector), Scrap (Bridget), Myriad (Spencer), Slingshot (Olivia) & Scatterbrain (Gage) which represented one of Captain Dynamo's powers of : Laser Vision, Super Strength, Shape Shifting, Flight & Telepathy respectively. During the final storyline of the ongoing series, Maddie's son, from a previous relationship, Michael Gideon, used a machine to strip the team of their powers. Using the same machine, the team got their powers back . . . only each member got a different power than the one they originally had. And this looks like it's going to stick. So now, the Dynamo 5 codenames are Supervision (Bridget), Smasher (Hector), Menagerie (Olivia), Ramjet (Gage) & Wraith (Spencer). Most of the names are self explanatory as to who got what power. And now, we go into our miniseries.

CLASH FACTS

  Sins of the Father opens the Dynamo 5 dealing with some robots in the middle of a street in Tower City; with the team going on about how they are not used to their new powers yet. The team defeats the robots while being watched at a secret F.L.A.G. location where another team, the Primaries, are standing by without the Dynamo 5's knowledge. As they return a robot to be inspected, the Dynamo 5 and Maddie wonder who sent the robots to Tower City. Hector and Bridget leave, which seemingly bothers Spencer. Come to find out, Spencer is the son of  Captain Dynamo and an alien woman who, after the teams powers were switch, now looks permanently like an alien. So, he's . ..  feeling emo. Yay! But without quality shots to see more emotion of that, we get one panel and are told the rest.
    Bridget meets up with her boyfriend who talks about being on top of a big story and how they are having sex. Meanwhile, Hector is making out with the younger Firebird in the Reed Residence. Hector, being the youngest, is a teen like his girlfriend, Emily. They make out and Hector is worried about being caught by Emily's mom.
  Upon examining one of the robots the Dynamo 5 defeated, Maddie gets visibly scared. The three remain members of the team ask her what is wrong, Maddie explains she knows who sent the robots . . . an alien who came to take over Earth called Dominex. In a series of flashbacks, we see Captain Dynamo, joined with Omni-man, the father of the hero and Robert Kirkman title Invincible, and Supreme. Yes. Rob Liefield's Supreme. After a verbal exchange between Captain Dynamo and Omni-man over who was Earth's Champion, Supreme flies in to battle against the alien juggernaut known as Dominex.After some  . . . posturing by Supreme, Dominex slaps him and the battle goes in earnest. Before Maddie can complete the story, Tower City trembles as three Aliens that look like Dominex have arrived on Earth.
     Issue #2 opens with a great shot of Maddie looking like she is about to have a nervous breakdown and spoil her pants at the same time.(As you see to your right) Creeping out Gage, Olivia and Spencer, they ask more about what had happened and what's going on. Maddie refuses at first but relents when Spencer reminds her that he will just go into her mind and rip out the information in need be. OK . . . I like Spencer right now. Knowing the 3 new aliens are somehow related to Dominex, Maddie continues with her story. It seems that to defeat Dominex, it took the combined might of Captain Dynamo, Omni-man & Supreme, who are Superman level powerful . . . and the original Firebird, the Savage Dragon and . . . honestly . . . a hero I don't know. Once they defeated Dominex, the alien asks the six heroes to kill him. Captain Dynamo refuses. Dominex goes on about how this shame would taint his family and Captain Dynamo says tough cookies. Supreme states that maybe they SHOULD kill Dominex and argues with Captain Dynamo. Yet, the captain stands firm that they don't cross that line. Captain Dynamo warned Dominex not to come back cause if he did, they would be waiting.
    Fast forward to today. Maddie explains that those 3 aliens need to be stop and for the Dynamo 5 to suit up. As the three aliens get national attention, Hector and Emily both get scared. When Hector calls, Emily insists on going along. Maddie even calls in Cecil Stedman, also from Invincible, to see if his Global Defense Agency , will provide help and work with her coordinating things against the 3 Dominex aliens. And while the Guardians of the Globe are off planet, Stedman agrees to see if he can get a hold of Invincible. After a nervous pep talk about how the Dynamo 5 and Firebird are now Earth's Champions after the 3 Dominex aliens call them out. Invincible joins the group of heroes in time to meet up with the 3 Dominex's face to face. Come to find out, they are Dominex's sons and they want to avenge Daddy's defeat. Smasher, in his infinite wisdom and against his girlfriend's wishes, proclaims that he is indeed one of the children of one of the heroes to beat Dominex. Which one son decks Smasher . . . threw several buildings and quite a distance away.
    And thus the battle begins in earnest. The 3 sons of Dominex vs. 5 of Captain Dynamo's children . . . and the daughter of the original Firebird . . . and the first son of Omni-man. Wow. Yeah. Lots of love and kids popping out there. As the battle starts, there are a few exchanges such as Firebird wanting to find her boyfriend who . . . yeah . . . go knocked through several buildings and has not been seen yet. Maddie stops her. One of Dominex's sons states why Invincible's dad's race, Viltrumite, hasn't conquered Earth yet but Invincible scoffs it off. They recognize the race Spencer seems to be showing. Spencer aka Wraith reaches in another son of Dominex's mind to find some of his mother's race, a Khandrian, torturing someone in some kind of kinky S&M tie up in the ceiling. Wraith saves the camera man and a woman who knows it's Spencer is surprised by how he looks. The feed is good as the children of the Savage Dragon, Malcolm & Angel watch the battle, deciding to head over to help.
    Meanwhile, the Primaries are introduced to their new member  . . . which turns out to be Captain Dynamo . . . or a clone of him. What?! The Dynamo 5, Invincible and Firebird pound on the Dominex boys as Smasher returns and are joined by Malcolm and Angel Dragon. As some quick panels that . . . I will get to these panels later. The heroes feel beaten and Supervision is thinking about surrendering as the 3 Dominex sons are proving a bit much for them. The Primaries arrive on the scene and join the fight. The Primaries help civilians and then tell Supervision that they are there to clean up the Dynamo 5's mess . . . ooo, BURN! We see that Captain Dynamo is being . . . operated by the guy who got the Primaries together? Um . . . what? Flagstone, the guy who looks out of grey rock with an army helmet on his head, goes on about teamwork but the younger heroes quickly follow along with teamwork of their own. Ramjet saves the one Primary who was about to be killed by one of Dominex's boys; and it happens to be a character that the Dynamo 5 actually put back in jail named War Chest. The two have a quick exchange with War Chest liking Ramjet's new look as he hinted at his old one. Angel and Hector aka Smasher have their own exchange in mid fight as Angel states her mother was called Smasher but the codename suited Hector. Firebird gets jealous and tells the two to pay attention and fight the enemy. She then tries to deep fry one Dominex's sons . . . blast it Faerber, you couldn't name them? . . . . For her flash fry attack, said son of Dominex takes out a stress sign and harpoons it through Firebird's chest. Ramjet takes Firebird to the hospital and Hector is enraged. So enraged that . . . he retreats?! Huh? Actually, issue 4 sees Smasher teleporting away and ending up at a laboratory where he asks about a strong suit that would give a normal person super strong. The doctor tells him that the super strong suit on a person who is already super strong would make him the most powerful begin on the planet. Smasher states "Good."
     Issue #5 opens up with Smasher returning to battle with the super strong suit on. One of Dominex's sons mocks him, stating that does he think that the outfit will make a difference. Then we get a full page panel of Smasher  . . . smashing apart the son of Dominex's face with his fist.  OMG!  Seriously, you see the eye ball pop out and his mouth and teeth rip and break apart . . . . Ok. Enough of that right. War Chest states that Smasher is wearing the suit as the other heroes stop in their tracks. Another Dominex bastard comes to Smasher to attack . . . Only to get his head punched off for his trouble. WOW. And mind you . . . Hector is the baby of the team. He's the youngest and he's doing all this. Maddie goes on the comms to tell Hector to stop but he shuts it off. Captain Dynamo is about to talk when Smasher threatens him to shut up or he will do the same to him. Smasher's sister try to talk him down and even show the final son of Dominex surrendering. Yet, Smasher states that if he did, will his children come to do the same as he and his brothers. Then . . . on national tv . . . everyone sees Smasher completely pulverize the final son of Dominex's head. His mother looks on the tv horrified. Other supporting cast are mortified by Smasher's actions. While the other Dynamo 5 siblings and heroes discuss the mortality or need for the actions of Smasher, he is confronted by Supervision to talk about what happened and the fact that he just killed 3 people. Smasher, in his infinite wisdom, decides to be racist and calls them aliens and that she can't stop him from living. When Supervision states that is he threaten his own sister, Smasher snaps out of it She then asks him to remove the super suit and Smasher just takes it off saying that he's not being corrupted. The Primaries help civilians and tell Menagerie that they have to see if Tower City is big enough for both the Dynamo 5 and them.The heroes help with clean up while Hector, in civvies, sees Emily in the hospital only to be thrown out of the room by her mom. After saving more civilians, War Chest and Ramjet flirt and Supervision and Menagerie decide to destroy the super strong suit. Maddie goes to her former F.L.A.G. colleague to find out what is going on with the Primaries and "Captain Dynamo only to be followed by Captain Dynamo coming back to a lab where the guy that sent out the Primaries takes off his helmet and lets Captain Dynamo sit. Finally, the Dynamo 5, scans Smasher, sit and talk about what has happened, Hector's action and where it was right or wrong. The two sisters think that Hector crossed the line while Spencer thinks that the action was justified meanwhile Gage is still in disbelief about what his youngest brother has done. Hector arrives, over hearing the conversation, looking rather dejected. His other siblings tell him that it will be ok and ask how Emily is doing. Hector tells what happened and apologizes for his actions; claiming he regrets them and for his family to forgive him. He turns to leave as all but Spencer reassure him that he's fine. Once he is gone, Olivia states that they were over reacting till Spencer corrected her. Our miniseries ends with Hector walking out while Spencer tells the others that he read Hector's mind while he spoke; Hector was lying and that he does not regret a single thing he did.

CLASH TACTICS

    Ok. That felt a lot longer than what it was. And it really shouldn't have. Now, I am going to go with the good before I go with the bad. Jay Faerber gave us a miniseries that is very much lived in with an exciting assortment of characters that would make the Legion of Super Heroes jealous. The Dynamo 5 had a lot to come to grips with and we got to see that with 3 out of the 5. I know there were a slew of guest stars and this miniseries was almost a contained event or crossover just given it's own mini. Lots and lots of action. Some good intrigue with the Captain Dynamo and Spencer subplots. Great characterizations and interplay with characters, including Invincible, the children of Savage Dragon, Firebird, etc. And the sons of Dominex provided some great challenges that brought forth questions on kill or don't kill and facing morality as a super hero in comparison to a soldier.
    And see Hector kinda go nuts after watching his girlfriend impaled was definitely a sight to see. Hector, Bridget and Spencer got the most development during the miniseries and was so well developed throughout that you got the feeling of who they were and where they wanted to go. Maddie was also developed but with little screen time, we saw them be who she were.
     And that  . . . for the most part was the Good.

     Now . . . the bad.
     I am going to start with Faerber before I get into the art. Now, I understand that there are a slew of characters. I am glad that Emily was with the Dynamo 5 to really shine a little with Hector without her mom. Unfortunately, the title is called Dynamo 5; so why did Olivia and Gage were barely touched and they were on the team! They felt like guest stars in their own title. For the love, Emily had more development, as I just pointed out. Angel and Malcolm Dragon had more characterization during the majority of the mini. We only catch glimpses of Olivia and Gage at the end of the mini. We are told that Olivia had come up with an idea using team work. So why were we only TOLD it and not shown it. There was space to but was not utilized as well as it could have been. Heck! That prick Flagstone and Captain Dynamo got more development then 2 members of the title team. Faerber . . . don't make teammates and lead characters of your book look like guest stars. There were a few times where we are told things when we could have been shown instead of big 2 page spreads or crammed 16 panels on one page.
    And now, I am going to talk about Julio Brilha, who pencils and inks the miniseries. Reading and looking over his art, I will say this . . . it is good . . . when the characters are big enough and he is not in a hurry. Ok. I admit. I am not an artist. I don't draw very well. But I have been reading comic books for 20 years (May 11, 2011 is 20 year anniversary). Yes. There are personal things connected to that day which is why I remember it. Anyway, Brilha does some GREAT panel work throughout the series. His main problem is that when he pencils and inks smaller panels, they do not look as good and finished as the larger panels. The inking clumps together more. I don't know if that is cause he was in a hurry or just the size of the characters but it was definitely inconsistent art throughout the miniseries. It was the same artist but the art went from average and a bit hurried to stunning and poster worthy. That gets a bit annoying reading the miniseries. I believe I would need to see more of Brilha's work, given time and patience to see if we have more stunning work as he is capable of. His inks seemed sloppy but it could be, again, either he was in a rush or just bad inking. Yet he inked the whole thing and the larger panels are really spectacular. Unfortunately, the further in the series, the bigger the gap between mediocre to spectacular the art became. Still, a solid, average effort but there just needs to be more polishing with Brilha cause the potential is definitely there.

With that said, a good story and questions of morality are examined while we get a big super hero team up miniseries. Yet, making main characters take back seats to supporting or even guest characters is bad. Inconsistent art hold back this book as your eyes and mouth will be saying WTF on several occasions. These things are what hold back the book from being a real gem. I didn't talk about the colors cause they were fine. Nothing spectacular, nothing mediocre. Just average. Still, it is a good introduction to the world of Dynamo 5 and Image's upcoming heroes in general. Faerber & Brilha's Sins of the Father leave you wanting a little more but not too impressed to be scowing back issues immediately.

That is why I give Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father an X Division Contendership. It is not bad. It's not great. It's ok. You can buy it and enjoy it and then leave it alone.  But what do the rest of you think. Let me know. 


NEXT WEEK: The First Part of this bout is over! Now get ready as next week, I will be taking us on a journey through the final adventure of the Fantastic Four in "THREE!"

And remember, if you are on the side of evil, say goodbye. To all others, good journey!