A-Force #3
By Geoff Hoppe
August 13, 2015 - 23:47
Marvel Comics
Writer(s): Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson
Penciller(s): Jorge Molina
Inker(s): Jorge Molina and Craig Yeung
Colourist(s): Laura Martin
Letterer(s): VC's Cory Petit
Cover Artist(s): Jorge Molina
$4.00
In A-Force #3, She-Hulk gets in trouble with the Thors, a member of A-Force buys it, and one of the the lady Thors is wearing Madonna’s early 90s cone bra.
SPOILERS, as usual.
This is my first issue of A-Force, because the $8.00 it would take me to get the first two issues buys a lot of caffeine, and I have my priorities. From this issue, at least, A-Force seems to be a competent title. Though the overall story is a little busy, the pace is brisk and exciting enough to keep the reader’s attention. Better yet, Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson have novelists’ eyes for engaging details: Captain Marvel fighting back tears as she flies away from a dead Medusa, a young girl playing with (a still alive) Medusa’s hair, or the random tigers living in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan flat. From what I’ve read, competence is a hallmark of the Battleworld/Secret Wars titles. Though I’ve only read a few, these tie-in titles seem a lot better than, say, the tie-in issues from 2007’s Civil War arc. Though competent and engaging, however, nothing in this issue demands the reader’s attention. Given that it’s part of a mega arc that’s supposed to restructure all of Marvel’s continuity, I expected a little more oomph*.
Worth the money? If you like the title or the characters, yes. If not, pass on this one.
*critic's technical term
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