Post by brentlambert on Jan 19, 2010 14:31:54 GMT -5
Alpha Flight 2009: YEAR IN REVIEW
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The Cast: Guardian, Vindicator, Puck, Sasquatch, Murmur, Northstar, Aurora, Snowbird, Shaman, Radius, and Flex
Antagonists Faced: An unknown suicide attacker
Stand-Out Character: Vindicator
Best Moment: Vindicator learning the truth about Guardian’s younger clone
There was quite the interesting mystery running through this title as there was a killer offing political officials in a pretty neat way. He would kill someone and leave behind a note. It started off with “Beware” and kept going to “Beware. We are here.” So you can guess that a few more people died. David manages to intertwine a lot of politics and mystery into these killings. One savvy politician who just so happens to be sleeping with the Prime Minister was able to maneuver the killings into getting Department H opened again. Which of course ends up drawing our main characters, Guardian and Vindicator, back into the fold.
I like the fact that David showed these two trying to have a normal life. He did a good job of showing just how their relationship worked and the dynamic that they had. I really was with Vindicator in this matter though. Patriotism aside, if Department H had done as much to me as they had done to those two I would have told them where to shove it. But true to form, Guardian answers the call and it tumbles down into the reformation of Alpha Flight.
There were a lot of flashbacks going on in this series and I think they could have stood to be better labeled as it made the reading a bit difficult at times. And as someone who’s not a native Canadian it may not be my place to comment, but it felt like a lot of these characters sounded more British than any of the Canadian people I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Small gripes though because David really does have a handle on the conspiracy that has been associated heavily with Alpha Flight since the Seagle run of the nineties.
(#1-4)
The Cast: Guardian, Vindicator, Puck, Sasquatch, Murmur, Northstar, Aurora, Snowbird, Shaman, Radius, and Flex
Antagonists Faced: An unknown suicide attacker
Stand-Out Character: Vindicator
Best Moment: Vindicator learning the truth about Guardian’s younger clone
There was quite the interesting mystery running through this title as there was a killer offing political officials in a pretty neat way. He would kill someone and leave behind a note. It started off with “Beware” and kept going to “Beware. We are here.” So you can guess that a few more people died. David manages to intertwine a lot of politics and mystery into these killings. One savvy politician who just so happens to be sleeping with the Prime Minister was able to maneuver the killings into getting Department H opened again. Which of course ends up drawing our main characters, Guardian and Vindicator, back into the fold.
I like the fact that David showed these two trying to have a normal life. He did a good job of showing just how their relationship worked and the dynamic that they had. I really was with Vindicator in this matter though. Patriotism aside, if Department H had done as much to me as they had done to those two I would have told them where to shove it. But true to form, Guardian answers the call and it tumbles down into the reformation of Alpha Flight.
There were a lot of flashbacks going on in this series and I think they could have stood to be better labeled as it made the reading a bit difficult at times. And as someone who’s not a native Canadian it may not be my place to comment, but it felt like a lot of these characters sounded more British than any of the Canadian people I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Small gripes though because David really does have a handle on the conspiracy that has been associated heavily with Alpha Flight since the Seagle run of the nineties.