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james_desantis 's review for:
Strange Adventures
by Tom King
So this was...really good even if it had some flaws.
This all starts with a mysterious death of a guy who screams at Adam Strange at a book signing event. After saying he's evil, a war criminal, and more a few hours later he's found dead in a alleyway. Strange decides to go to Batman and the rest of the Justice League and let them know it wasn't him, that they can even investigate him. This leads Batman to reach out to a old friend, Mister Terrific, and have him try to learn Adam's Strange's secrets he keeps hiding behind.
Right off this team never fails to give some fantastic arc. The watch it's drawn is as good as mister miracle if not even better. I was loving the art direction, designs, and facial expressions in this book. Felt old and new all at once.
Now the plot. It's intriguing. I wanted to learn about what Adam is hiding. Not only from the league, but also his wife Alanna. Once Mister Terrific gets closer to the truth everything starts unraveling. Through this investigations you get a lot of flashbacks with Adam and learn the truth about how he rose to be a "hero" of the people.
Mister Terrific is easily the standout star in this book. Both interesting and a bit scary, yet very likeable, this character really helped me enjoy this story immensely. By the end every time he discovered something I was right there with him. And the very ending, while a bit too "with a bow and a nice ending" for me it still really worked as a whole thanks to him.
I will say I think 10 issues instead of 12 would have helped the pacing of this some, it felt a bit stretched out in the middle.
I feel like I have to re-read this one day to fully get every little hint of what is happening but for my first read I did enjoy it a lot. A 4 out of 5.
This all starts with a mysterious death of a guy who screams at Adam Strange at a book signing event. After saying he's evil, a war criminal, and more a few hours later he's found dead in a alleyway. Strange decides to go to Batman and the rest of the Justice League and let them know it wasn't him, that they can even investigate him. This leads Batman to reach out to a old friend, Mister Terrific, and have him try to learn Adam's Strange's secrets he keeps hiding behind.
Right off this team never fails to give some fantastic arc. The watch it's drawn is as good as mister miracle if not even better. I was loving the art direction, designs, and facial expressions in this book. Felt old and new all at once.
Now the plot. It's intriguing. I wanted to learn about what Adam is hiding. Not only from the league, but also his wife Alanna. Once Mister Terrific gets closer to the truth everything starts unraveling. Through this investigations you get a lot of flashbacks with Adam and learn the truth about how he rose to be a "hero" of the people.
Mister Terrific is easily the standout star in this book. Both interesting and a bit scary, yet very likeable, this character really helped me enjoy this story immensely. By the end every time he discovered something I was right there with him. And the very ending, while a bit too "with a bow and a nice ending" for me it still really worked as a whole thanks to him.
I will say I think 10 issues instead of 12 would have helped the pacing of this some, it felt a bit stretched out in the middle.
I feel like I have to re-read this one day to fully get every little hint of what is happening but for my first read I did enjoy it a lot. A 4 out of 5.