Sherman The Wonder Dog's Profile

Honestly, the main thing going for this series is the phenomenal team lineup. Taylor is great at characterizing these people too. Jean Grey feels more alive than ever. The story and art are very basic, but still higher than the other X Men comics out there today. One complaint I have is that the child mutant feels unnecessary and kind of annoying at this point. They easily could have left her out, although I have no doubt she will serve some purpose at the end of the story arc. Whether it's worth it, we'll see. But overall a very decent issue that for once actually caters to the fans.

So. This is Robert Kirkman's "amazing" new series. What this series is is disappointment. The lack of dialogue may seem like a cool effect, but in this scenario, it makes the story more confusing and more reliant on the art, which is basically reliant on the story. It is fine, just not good enough to carry the whole book. The story is also way too rushed and should be built up more rather than dropping you into this world with no further explanation. I would literally not even care if a single character died because Kirkman, the damn creator of Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon creates bland and boring characters that are just too average to be anything good. All in all, Oblivion Song is an interesting premise, but executed extremely poorly.

Wow. Just wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. It has been a long, long time since I enjoyed a single issue that much. The suspense and level of fear Lemire crafts are impeccable and wonderfully transferred by artist Andrea Sorrentino. This could easily become the best horror comic of the century and if the rest of the issues keep up, it could end up being one of my all time favorites.