I liked Im having a little trouble remembering who's who. These characters already have these long histories and Im jumping on in the middle so it seems.
THE TWELVE #2: Continuing from JMS & Weston's breakout first issue finds our WWII heroes struggling to cope in the world of 2008, either because of new technology, new accepted opinions on race relations, ties to old masters, or dead family members. The issue does a good job of embellishing about half the team and naturally more will probably be established as we go along.
Blue Blade, who is murdered months into the future, was only a hero for the glory, and sees their situation as a goldmine for that. Captain Wonder was an ol' American boy who is devastated that his entire family is gone, and he collapses in a touching scene at the family plot. Black Widow still has a demonic master to serve, who has not forgotten their "deal" and apparently owns her soul in exchange for power (and for her bringing him the souls of the wicked). I am curious as to who this demon, who was once called "Satan" as many of Marvel's demons are, is. Naturally, because this is JMS, the first suspect is Mephisto. But it could be any number of demons (Marduk Kurios was the one who often went by "Satan" and was naturally the father of the Defenders mainstay, Hellstorm, and mucked with Hellcat to boot), or maybe a new one. Rockman still is yearning for his underground kingdom, but no one can prove whether it really exists, either now or in the 40's. And Dynamic Man is energetic, brash, bold, and eager to get back into the hero game, regardless of still being ignorant about things (and more than willing to gloat about being superhuman to a "tourist" like Phantom Reporter). Basically, Dynamic Man is a bit of a jerkwad, albeit a well intentioned one. The robot Electro is brought in for storage, but who knows what will be done with it.
While the fanboy in some of us would like some crossovers with other characters that survived WWII with this troupe, but there is always time for that. I like the sort of world and story JMS is writing here and Weston's art fits things very well. After allowing their Golden Agers to languish a bit, Marvel's starting to invest in them and is digging up some gold so far. Comparing it to WATCHMEN is a bit unfair at this stage (like no one is ever allowed to write superhero stories that have mature themes, character development and a murder mystery without being called a Moore-imitator) and besides, shouldn't everyone try this hard? So far between this and THOR, JMS leaving ASM has been the best thing for him. I like the feel and tone of the book, the pace is alright, the art is good, and I like the direction so far. Nothing negative quite yet, or at least nothing that hopefully won't be looked into within the next 10 issues. JMS claimed on Newsarama that by the time the first issue printed, he was "handing in the script for issue #7", so hopefully a lead-in of about 6 months keeps everything running smoothly. That is, hopefully Weston isn't Cho or Hitch. Can't wait for more, which is as it should be.
I liked Im having a little trouble remembering who's who. These characters already have these long histories and Im jumping on in the middle so it seems.
These characters were last used in the 30s and 40s,last time they were seen,their books were canceled or they were just thrown into the obscurity basket.
They haven't been touched since this book even though they've technically been around for a long time.
I am looking forward to the real skinny on Rockman.
If I was JMS I would basically explain that his underground kingdom DID exist, but since the 40's, his people were eventually all conquored & slaughtered by Mole Man when he took over the underground. That'd be an easy way to amp up that shrimp for a bit. I seriously, seriously doubt that will be the case, though. I hope he isn't "crazy".
The SHRA has been mentioned/alluded to, as was the Civil War. That was why the U.S. generals were so quick to hop on these fellas the moment they were uncovered.
At least Wolverine or Spider-Man haven't guested by issue 2, which was a cliche of 90's launches.
I went to pick up Clandestine and Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #4 and i saw The Twelve #2 on new release section so i said what the hell and found 1 and bought them both. I just finished #1 and i'm glad i picked it up. It was way better than i thought it was.I'm gonna have to read it again just to remember more stuff about them but i don't mind even tho i'm still alittle creeped out by Dynamic man from the 3rd page.
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