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To QUOTE Albert
Einstein: 'The world is a dangerous
place to live. Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the
people who don't do anything about it'.
THE STORY:
Hey gang, come gather round, because this is what I want you
to do.
- You, Deadman and Swamp Thing, I want you two to attack the Blight head on. No messing about. Just keep on punching this creep in the face like the b*tch he is.
- You, John Constantine and Night Nurse, I want you to attack the Blight on a more magical front. You know. Do you're hocus-pocus thing. Alright?
- And you, Phantom Stranger and Pandora, I want you to try to pries away Blights inner most power by removing his human host. What's-his name. That kid with the bald head.
Now I hope you've got all that, cause while you're getting on
with the job at hand, me -- Zaurel -- can have a nice chat with God about hope
and shit.
Or maybe not.
Even though I was none too keen on how 'Redemption' came
across as a tale in its own right, generally speaking it wasn't a bad issue to
follow.
For a start, Mikel Janin's artwork was as bold and as wonderful
as ever. And I especially got a kick out of how he drew those monstrous scenes
with John and Night Nurse battling Blight. Also, I was rather fond of how 'the
gang' inadvertently divided themselves up into teams, and found different avenues
to attack their foe from.
Granted, I was slightly taken back by Zaurels sudden appearance.
No. Not because he's a man of color now. But because I haven't read any of the
other parts of this cross-over event, and it was rather surprising seeing him
smack-bang on the very first page.
Oh! And while I'm on the subject of 'the other parts', I
must say I was very happy with how DeMatteis managed to doff his cap to these
other sections, without them feeling wedged-in as they normally do. Honesty.
Sometimes in a multi-part story-line, some one would say 'Hey [insert name here].
Please remember how we did X and Y over in Z, but was stopped by the forces of
Q?' .
THE BAD:
As I mentioned up above, there were two aspects within this adventure
I wasn't very keen on. Firstly, I'm not a great fan of an all-action tale,
mainly because they seem to dilute the premise by taking away any form of
characterization and plot. And secondly, I was none too happy with the concept of evil being transmogrified into a physical being,
because it isn't, is it.
THE MUSIC:
Quite a few years ago Stevie Wonder sung a great song that defines
this story in a very precise manner. Evil. Say no more.
Now if you've read my silly synopsis and looked at the
picture provided, I'm sure you'd be able to guess what I felt about this story
from a structural point of view.
Yes. That's correct. It reminded me of a game of American Football because of how each
of the 'players' attempted to attack their opponent.
THE CONCLUSION:
OK, so as you might have guessed by now, I wasn't completely won
over by this issue of 'Justice League Dark'. Still. No biggie. It wasn't a bad
story-line overall. And I did like the artwork as well as how the cliff-hanger
led onto whatever is going to happen next month.
Well. It goes like that sometimes, doesn't it? You can't
expect to enjoy every single comic book you pick up every single month. Or else
we'd be living in some sort of parallel dimension where the New 52 never
happened, and at the end of the day comics are free and movies come on tap.
Having said that, though, I can't help but wonder where this title
will be headed in the near future. At the moment it seems to be fairly
cancel-free from the powers at be over at DC Comics. And despite my own tone
towards this particular tale, I am very happy with the current creative team
too. J.M. has always managed to make me happy with most of this tales. And
Mikel is one of the best artists I've seen over the last couple of years.
Nuff said.
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #27
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
February 18, 2014
Rating:
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
February 18, 2014
Rating:
