

There just isn’t anything here worth enjoying. It is The Resistance of Marvel comics, except The Resistance gets decent eventually, this has not so far. The artwork by Yildiray Cinar is fine, but this book just did nothing for me. I couldn’t even imagine the people who are picking up this series in single issues monthly, as this volume was so forgettable I don’t know how one could retain any of this boring information being drip-fed over a 5 month period. Busiek is usually a great writer, and I’m sure this book will eventually start to pick up, but I shouldn’t have to pick up more than one trade to enjoy a story. Kurt Busiek has a plan, but a rough idea of that plan is impossible to see as of yet, as this series drags its heels through 5 meandering issues where nothing happens so it can set up more issues where nothing happens. We are also introduced to Kevin Schumer, an Alex Ross-designed character with secrets of his own and a mysterious object called Threadneedle, as a question begins to form of how does this all connect in the end? This series follows every single Marvel Character you can think of, plus a few new ones, as the roots of everything to come out of this universe is being traced back to the fictional country of Siancong. Kurt Busiek is building an epic within the Marvel Universe, as he teams up with Yildiray Cinar on interiors and Alex Ross provides covers to one of the most boring Marvel series I have read.
