New Warriors #8 - "Reunion, Part Two of Two" (Writer: Kevin Grevioux,
Penciler: John Malin, Inker: Victor Dlazaba, Colorist:
Marte Gracia)
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Night Thrasher continues a meeting with some old friends, while the rest of the New Warriors enjoy a quiet evening at home, interrupted only by some weighty moral issues.
The Night Thrasher plot didn't do a whole lot for me, because I really have no knowledge of the history these characters have together, aside from what little bits are revealed here, which didn't particularly interest me.
Somewhat better were the scenes with the rest of the New Warriors bonding together, and discussing a report that called them terrorists. In theory this should be right up my alley, but something kept it from really working as well as it should have. Part of it was the art. Again, most of these characters have no distinctive look, and it doesn't help that the artist (and colorist) seems to have them looking exactly the same except for clothes and hairstyles. They all seem vaguely asian, but only one of the characters actually is.
Another problem lies in their sudden bonding as a family and reminders of how the X-Men tossed them out. I really can't entirely blame the writer of this issue for that, because, it is essentially what happened according to the other books. But it all still leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and despite the words here and the events I have trouble believing Jubilee feels closer to a few of her New Warrior friends than she did to the X-Men. That's the kind of thing you have to sell the audience on by showing them, rather than just asserting it.
It's an okay issue, but nothing spectacular. The book as a whole keeps moving along, but it needs some more definition all around to really take off or the next few issues may not work any better.
Review: 3 stars
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Well, that's it for this week folks. Next week, according to the shipping list, there's one book again. Astonishing X-Men #24. I may or may not get Young Avengers Presents #1.
See you next time...
Peter Dimitriadis
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