by Eli Katz » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:58 am
I read very few Marvel books these days. After reading HEROIC AGE: ONE MONTH TO LIVE #1, I'm reminded why. The stories that Marvel puts out are just not worth the price that Marvel is charging for them, even when it's charging only 3 bucks and not 4. ONE MONTH isn't a terrible book. In fact, it's somewhat fresh and original by Marvel standards, telling a superhero story about an unlikely hero -- an average guy who's doomed to die within a month after he tries to be a good Samaritan and is endowed with superpowers in the process. But both the story and the art are, well, kind of boring. I would neither encourage nor discourage someone from reading ONE MONTH. I guess I would just say to him, "Why buy minor Marvel stuff when you can check out something new and interesting from a different company?" So I'm giving this book a big "meh."
STORY: 5
ART: 5
OVERALL: 5