Gaz
09-19-2005, 06:48 PM
Nobody started one I don't think...
Anyhoo, this issue has 3 main plots, for 3 main characters.
Plot 1: Jessica goes to the Baxter Building to meet Sue as they have a lunch date with Carol Danvers. Ben, Johnny and the kids are horsing around as usual, Ben even dangerously close to running right over Jessica until Sue stops things. She lays down the law for her family, telling Ben to act his age, the kids to listen to Uncle Ben, not Uncle Johnny, and reminding them what to do if the red light flashes in the building (Kids:"Call Daddy", Ben:"Call Reed", red light = aliens)
They go to lunch and Carol explains that she asked Sue to come so Jessica could talk to someone who has some idea what she's worrying about. Jess is freaked out about being a mother, as well as being a former superhero mother whose kid may or may not have problems due to her powers, her genes, her past, or any combination of the 3 and many others. Sue runs down the list, and reassures her that it's worth it, that even through all the fear and exhaustion and worry, it's worth it.
Plot 2: Ben Urich is investigating a jewelery store robbery in Manhatten. The robbers were small time, but the owner assures Urich that Daredevil stopped them, despite being nowhere near the Kitchen. One of his employees mentions that DD smelled weird and was wearing his old costume, the yellow one.
At the office, Ben calls Matt and is told he was nowhere near said store, and Ben is now totally confused and asks an assistant (Glory maybe?) to look for anything on heroes that dress LIKE Daredevil. He's stumped when Kat Farell overhears and pitches D-Man as the guy he's looking for. "Daredevil suit with a Wolverine... hat thing"
Ben looks it up and agrees then follows up. The store was robbed, apparently by D-Man!
Plot 3: Luke Cage, Jessica and Carol are at the New York office of Van Dyne Design (if it's not the name, sorry!) to get a new Jan-designed costume for Luke. Jan is very excited by this because she's been DYING to take a crack at Luke's look. She has 5 design ideas (2 of which look OK, the only two with black mannequins/models, funnily enough) which don't seem to thrill Luke, and the girls find hysterical, until Jessica's water breaks and she tells everyone that the baby's coming...
Darned good issue I thought! Gaydos' art is great and brings something special to these characters, and Bendis seemed to bring his A-game to boot. The opening callback to Alias was brilliant, as was the use of the FF's dynamic as a family, Jan's fashion cred, and D-Man!
He writes the FF, especially Ben and Sue very well, and the lunch date is wonderful stuff. The Urich thing is intriguing but inconsequential so far, and the Cage scene is hilarious until the ending...
All in all, 8.5/10 :)
Anyhoo, this issue has 3 main plots, for 3 main characters.
Plot 1: Jessica goes to the Baxter Building to meet Sue as they have a lunch date with Carol Danvers. Ben, Johnny and the kids are horsing around as usual, Ben even dangerously close to running right over Jessica until Sue stops things. She lays down the law for her family, telling Ben to act his age, the kids to listen to Uncle Ben, not Uncle Johnny, and reminding them what to do if the red light flashes in the building (Kids:"Call Daddy", Ben:"Call Reed", red light = aliens)
They go to lunch and Carol explains that she asked Sue to come so Jessica could talk to someone who has some idea what she's worrying about. Jess is freaked out about being a mother, as well as being a former superhero mother whose kid may or may not have problems due to her powers, her genes, her past, or any combination of the 3 and many others. Sue runs down the list, and reassures her that it's worth it, that even through all the fear and exhaustion and worry, it's worth it.
Plot 2: Ben Urich is investigating a jewelery store robbery in Manhatten. The robbers were small time, but the owner assures Urich that Daredevil stopped them, despite being nowhere near the Kitchen. One of his employees mentions that DD smelled weird and was wearing his old costume, the yellow one.
At the office, Ben calls Matt and is told he was nowhere near said store, and Ben is now totally confused and asks an assistant (Glory maybe?) to look for anything on heroes that dress LIKE Daredevil. He's stumped when Kat Farell overhears and pitches D-Man as the guy he's looking for. "Daredevil suit with a Wolverine... hat thing"
Ben looks it up and agrees then follows up. The store was robbed, apparently by D-Man!
Plot 3: Luke Cage, Jessica and Carol are at the New York office of Van Dyne Design (if it's not the name, sorry!) to get a new Jan-designed costume for Luke. Jan is very excited by this because she's been DYING to take a crack at Luke's look. She has 5 design ideas (2 of which look OK, the only two with black mannequins/models, funnily enough) which don't seem to thrill Luke, and the girls find hysterical, until Jessica's water breaks and she tells everyone that the baby's coming...
Darned good issue I thought! Gaydos' art is great and brings something special to these characters, and Bendis seemed to bring his A-game to boot. The opening callback to Alias was brilliant, as was the use of the FF's dynamic as a family, Jan's fashion cred, and D-Man!
He writes the FF, especially Ben and Sue very well, and the lunch date is wonderful stuff. The Urich thing is intriguing but inconsequential so far, and the Cage scene is hilarious until the ending...
All in all, 8.5/10 :)