Thursday, April 26, 2018 • Morning Edition • "But first you're gonna blow me!"
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Review Group Week 232 - TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT #1
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But time is being torn asunder! At the end of time! |
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Early on, there is a scene with Superman and Rip that illustrates just how unoriginal this book is. Rip has led the heroes back to the fifteenth century, where they come upon a shipwreck. Inside the badly damaged boat are several sailors, who are covered with skin sores and dying of scurvy. Superman wants to intervene and save these poor men from an easily preventable death. But Rip tells Superman the obvious -- that they can't intervene because saving these men would change the course of history irrevocably. Superman protests, saying that it goes against everything that he stands for to let innocent men die. But eventually he realizes the importance of remaining an outside observer. How many times have we seen this kind of exchange in a time-travel story? Are we supposed to think that Superman is so stupid that he doesn't understand the consequences of interfering with history? Hasn't the Man of Steel traveled in time before or at least watched an old episode of STAR TREK? Is Jurgens so uninspired, so bereft of ideas, that he has to recycle overused sci-fi scenes to fill this miserable book? And, more important, do the editors at DC have such a low opinion of readers that they think we'll enjoy something this unimaginative? Sadly, it seems they do. As for the art, Jurgens' pencils are adequate but hardly exciting. He tells a clear, straightforward story, but his style is conventional, if not old-fashioned. Reading this book is like going back in time and looking at art done by some forgettable illustrator from the 1970s. It's dull, and it only makes a bad story harder to read. TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT #1 is not the worst thing I have ever read. Hardly. But it is certainly a bland, unnecessary book that reinforces why I avoid collecting superhero comics. I'd rather stare at a blank wall for 30 minutes than read this book again. STORY: 0 ART: 5 OVERALL: 2.5 |
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Because you're willing to buy something that you don't want to own? |
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Because I'd feel bad on Doombug if I didn't give it a chance. |
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You could always Byrne-steal it. |
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Oh I will do. |
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You might disagree with my assessment. |
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You just hate superhero comics! 
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