I love comic books. I'll admit, it's been awhile since I've boguht one. But, that changed last Friday when I went to my local comic store. I was in Heaven. I picked up some classics, such as Iron Man and Spider-man comics. I also picked up some horror comics, such as the NOES and Friday the 13th comics. And I can't forget about the first issue of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (and yes, it kicks ass so far). Then I went ot an area where there were loads of deals. You could get travel packs of 6-10 comics in it, for only three bucks. And no, these weren't all shitty comics. Some were, but there were some good finds in there too (Spider-man, Captain America, etc.). There was also a three for a dollar bin as well, which, unlike the travel packs, didn't have many famous comics. They were, more or less, WTF comics. And I couldn't refuse. But, I didn't expect this:
WHAT THE FUCK?!? And trust me, this wasn't good. I'll admit, Vader and Sting looked pretty, as did Jesse "The Body" Ventura (who was a commentor). But, "Stunning" Steve Austin, Ron Simmon, and Jim Ross were nothing like they looked like in real life. But, bad illustrations aside, was this a good comic? No. There is no excitement reading an illustrated wrestling match. Especially when you're supposed to be surprised that he kicked out at two, despite the fact that the kick-out is right next to the panel of the pin. Any excitement in a wrestling program is lost in this comic book, and that's not a surprise at all. The only thing that scares me about this comic book is that I know Vince McMahon is going to see this as a profit. He'll do the same thing with WWE, and, when it doesn't succeed, he'll blame the publishers. Just like he blamed the distributors of all the WWE Films because it wasn't a success. But, I had to pick this up. I couldn't refuse.
11-26-2007, 09:04 AM
