The Stop Button
blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Tharg the Mighty
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It’s an issue of endings and new beginnings. Well, more like one ending and a lot of multi-part stories. Harlem Heroes whimpers out of the series, hopefully for good. Tully has this terrible moment where the Heroes mourn a lost teammate, then jump for joy at the thought of their next adventure. Finley-Day reveals the…
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I guess I haven’t been paying attention but the lead of Invasion, Bill Savage, barely even registers a presence anymore. Finley-Day is more concerned with the setting of his stories than the content. Harlem Heroes, with Belardinelli art and Tully apparently wrapping up, is far more pleasant. Home stretch hopefully. It’s still incomprehensible nonsense. The…
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It’s another all right issue. There’s some really interesting art, which helps things along. Invasion is fine. Dorey doesn’t get many amazing visuals, but it’s amusing enough. It takes place in an abandoned city; could be better, but when couldn’t Invasion be better. Harlem Heroes–without Gibbons, which I didn’t even notice–is really lame. Again it…
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A not bad issue. Invasion doesn’t have the best script, but Carlos Pino’s art is really good. Finley-Day’s definitely not writing for the deep thinker–the evil Volgs have these expensive missiles for hitting one target (one human target) a piece. Dumb but fine. Heroes is mean-spirited but at least about the Aeroball game. Belardinelli does…
The Stop Button 