Strikeforce #1
Marvel Comics 2019
Written by Tini Howard
Illustrated by Germán Peralta
Coloured by Jordie Bellaire
Lettered & Designed by VC's Joe Sabino
A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can’t bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
So when I saw the cover for this I knew I wanted to read it. For me it reminds of the old Secret Defenders, no not the original the 1993-95 version that was edgier and had that rotating cast of lesser known characters, that's the immediate vibe I got. There's something about the cast of the book that I look at first and then who's writing and illustrating it. This determines if I want to pick it up this time around it was the cover, then I noticed the creators and I was completely on board. So this one was exactly spelled out for me when I picked it up and I kind of like that a whole lot. So Monica, Hellstrom, Wiccan and Jessica are the reason I picked this up, Angela is meh I am still not sure I like how she's been incorporated and Bucky well I think he belongs in the Invaders. Blade is the wild-card and I cannot wait to see what Tini has in store for him.
I love the way that this is being told. The first page for me is the opening and what follows that's just the story moving forward. The first page is everything for me, the mystery behind what we're seeing as the words and the hands don't quite make sense. This is what draws the reader in and it's what makes you want to see more. The only thing that could've made this better is if it were a splash page with the hands and the toasting that's it. Otherwise this freakin brilliant.
The story & plot development that we see here with how the information is revealed and the revelations come to light are expertly done. The character development is great because while we know the characters what we're seeing here is that, along with Tini's exploration of them, their personalities and how they are interacting with one another let's them continue to grow and evolve. Throw in the pacing which picks up everything and keeps moving it forward so that it can bring those curve-balls in the form of twists and turns which keep us on the edge of our seats. Incredibly strong writing and I have come to expect no less from Tini.
The interiors here are utterly marvellous. I think the only problem I had was seeing Ghost Rider, not only as an Avenger but just in general as he looked too funky. That being said the way we see the linework and how the varying weights are being utilised to create the attention to detail is extremely nice to see. While it's a very comic book style art it doesn't bother me I actually prefer this for this book. That Germán utilises backgrounds the way he does it makes me so happy and to see them expand the moments and bring a nice size and scope to the book not to mention some nice depth perception is great to see. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a strong eye for storytelling. The colour work is amazing. When we get halfway through the book we really get to see Jordie shine (bright like a diamond) because the jungle, the temple, the rain good grief. The colour choices and to see the hues and tones in them create this kind of shading is bloody brilliant work.
I loved this, so hopefully this time that's not the kiss of death for the book. This is not your mainstream style book, it's got a depth to it that's unexpected and it encompasses much more than you realise. This is engaging, intelligent and just amazingly well done from top to bottom, side to side.
Marvel Comics 2019
Written by Tini Howard
Illustrated by Germán Peralta
Coloured by Jordie Bellaire
Lettered & Designed by VC's Joe Sabino
A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can’t bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
So when I saw the cover for this I knew I wanted to read it. For me it reminds of the old Secret Defenders, no not the original the 1993-95 version that was edgier and had that rotating cast of lesser known characters, that's the immediate vibe I got. There's something about the cast of the book that I look at first and then who's writing and illustrating it. This determines if I want to pick it up this time around it was the cover, then I noticed the creators and I was completely on board. So this one was exactly spelled out for me when I picked it up and I kind of like that a whole lot. So Monica, Hellstrom, Wiccan and Jessica are the reason I picked this up, Angela is meh I am still not sure I like how she's been incorporated and Bucky well I think he belongs in the Invaders. Blade is the wild-card and I cannot wait to see what Tini has in store for him.
I love the way that this is being told. The first page for me is the opening and what follows that's just the story moving forward. The first page is everything for me, the mystery behind what we're seeing as the words and the hands don't quite make sense. This is what draws the reader in and it's what makes you want to see more. The only thing that could've made this better is if it were a splash page with the hands and the toasting that's it. Otherwise this freakin brilliant.
The story & plot development that we see here with how the information is revealed and the revelations come to light are expertly done. The character development is great because while we know the characters what we're seeing here is that, along with Tini's exploration of them, their personalities and how they are interacting with one another let's them continue to grow and evolve. Throw in the pacing which picks up everything and keeps moving it forward so that it can bring those curve-balls in the form of twists and turns which keep us on the edge of our seats. Incredibly strong writing and I have come to expect no less from Tini.
The interiors here are utterly marvellous. I think the only problem I had was seeing Ghost Rider, not only as an Avenger but just in general as he looked too funky. That being said the way we see the linework and how the varying weights are being utilised to create the attention to detail is extremely nice to see. While it's a very comic book style art it doesn't bother me I actually prefer this for this book. That Germán utilises backgrounds the way he does it makes me so happy and to see them expand the moments and bring a nice size and scope to the book not to mention some nice depth perception is great to see. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a strong eye for storytelling. The colour work is amazing. When we get halfway through the book we really get to see Jordie shine (bright like a diamond) because the jungle, the temple, the rain good grief. The colour choices and to see the hues and tones in them create this kind of shading is bloody brilliant work.
I loved this, so hopefully this time that's not the kiss of death for the book. This is not your mainstream style book, it's got a depth to it that's unexpected and it encompasses much more than you realise. This is engaging, intelligent and just amazingly well done from top to bottom, side to side.
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