What Were They Thinking/Some People Never Learn #1

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• 10

  Comics Bulletin - Shaun Manning

  Apr 25, 2006

  Rescripting seems to be coming back in vogue, as Marvel's semi-regular series of Romance Redux is catching on and Boom!'s What Were They Thinking makes its second appearance. When these things work, they work very well; when they tank, they tank indeed. It is also strange to observe that, despite employing several writers per issue, most of these things are either uniformly excellent or flesh-crawlingly terrible throughout. Luckily, Some People Never Learn soars, standing out as an example of just how clever the genre can be. Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Comics Bulletin - John Hays

  Apr 26, 2006

  Overall I would recommend this title to anyone wanting a good chuckle. Read Full Review

• 6.0

  Comics Bulletin - Michael Deeley

  Apr 24, 2006

  I think the premise of the comic could have worked better if the creators used stories that looked weird or nonsensical on their own, or had gone all-out and created truly bizarre dialogue that made all the characters look like raving maniacs. Reading the original stories might have helped, unless they were funnier by accident than this was on purpose. Read Full Review