Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2

There's a welcome simplicity to this title with a darker mystery just around the corner. I'm loving the direction of this book and all of the fun possibilities this creative team can take it. Read Full Review

While he doesn't discover anything shocking this issue, we do get our first glimpse of the main villain at the endand that is a good enough hook to keep this entertaining old-school book high in my regards until next issue. Read Full Review

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2 is even better than the premier issue. The plot moves forward, the mystery deepens and the characterization is effective as Venditti and Rossmo recapitulate the world of the early days of the Sandman. There's nothing Earth shattering about this series, it's just THIS type of story done really, really well. It should come as no surprise with Venditti's track record on Hawkman. It's a classic noir detective story in the 1940's at the birth of the mystery men of the DC Universe. Plus, it seamlessly incorporates a consistent characterization and tone. Damn near perfect! Read Full Review

Issue two has almost as much bite as the first while further setting up a larger story. A fantastic read with sumptuous pencils that are plated perfectly by the colors and lettering, serving readers a satisfying feast. Read Full Review

Without expressly spoon-feeding the reader the cultural context, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman still implies the gravity of weaponized gas -- and of Wesley's culpability in using them. Read Full Review

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman offers itself as an excellent pulp detective fiction with an irresistibly modern style in what threatens to be a spiritual successor for one of Vertigo's best overlooked series. Read Full Review

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2 leans heavily into the detective noir genre when Dodds tracks down a villain who stole lethally dangerous information. Venditti's writing is a love letter to the Golden Age of detective comics, and Rossmo's art is much improved. Read Full Review

ResearchReader

Nov 18, 2023

Excellent second issue. Rossmo's art is really improving! Love to see it. His style is meshing well with this story (it rarely does but Kudos for finding a good use for his art). The dream-scapes are really well done. Wesley is having a rough go of things. I also love the fact that this feel time period appropriate. The bad guys dont use some amazing secret enhancing drugs. Just standard what we consider old school style stuff but back then that would have been unusual and more surprising. Also shows that Dodds is effective for his time. His stuff would be less effective in todays world. But that makes this story so on-point. Last few pages the art is quite chilling. The villain from what little we see has a great 'atmosphere to him'. Sandman has produced an unlikely great duo in Venditti and Rossmo. more

2birdsstoned815

Nov 15, 2023

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