Category: Collider
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Does anyone remember that series Middleman? It had a female, Hispanic lead cop or something. I wonder if Oliver read it because he sure makes a big deal about how he’s got a female, Hispanic lead cop in this series now. Oliver and Rodriguez soft boot FBP this issue, mostly in the last few pages.…
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So, if one classifies the first issue as a pilot issue and then two through four as the first story arc, I suppose this issue is all right. It’s also kind of not, because Oliver wraps up his story arc really quick to reset the comic. He has a chance with the next issue to…
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While this issue of FBP is definitely better than the last, it’s still not particularly good. Oliver’s writing is better, to be sure, but he’s faking it. He’s complicating things in order to get a whole issue out of the weak story. For instance, he’s got four plot lines running. First, he’s got the betrayed…
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You know, this “first” issue of FBP feels like the mediocre second episode of a TV series after an awesome pilot episode–the title change (from Collider is due to DC apparently not doing any legal research… they’re too busy suing Siegel and Shuster’s families for damages). The comic’s okay, it’s just nothing special. The pacing…
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I’m really impressed. I’d never heard of Simon Oliver or Robbie Rodriguez until I looked back to the title page after finishing this first issue of Collider. They do good work. The series takes place in a universe where the laws of physics have suffered some kind of damage. The lead is a hotshot agent…
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