"THE BEST DEFENSE" PART FOUR!
• Shall not the Judge of All the Earths do right?
• Norrin Radd is not so certain.
• But it falls to him who is the Silver Surfer to decide which planets will live...and which will feed the unending hunger of the world-devouring Galactus!
• A single honest person can tip the balance...if only the Surfer can find one in time!
• And the Train rolls on...
Rated T+
Marvel has let Jason Latour go all out in this high-concept, beautifully drawn single issue. Read Full Review
These Best Defense lead ups have been hit-or-miss, but Silver Surfer: The Best Defense #1 is a definite win thanks to Jason Latour's stellar artwork and his well-researched take on the Sentinel of the Spaceways. Read Full Review
This book took me by surprise, and now it might've hooked me. Read Full Review
Latour fleshes out a diverse planet reminiscent of the wild west that is about to be devoured. Read Full Review
The Silver Surfer and his boss encounter the Train which will presumably be the key antagonist/situation in the team-up conclusion. Like a lot of Surfer/Galactus stories, this one gets a little bogged down in trying to make things as cosmic and grandiose as possible. There're an awful lot of ideas here, and sometimes the jumps from one to the next get tricky.
Still, I'm an absolute sucker for a book this wildly imaginative. It plays its part in the miniseries while also offering up lots of new ideas that are well worth further storytelling attention. All the ambition successfully drives the story into mythic territory, particularly the key Surfer/Galactus conversation.
Plus I'm also an absolute sucker for a BoJack Hor more
It's good but this story needed a few more pages instead of cramming important scenes in one page. Latour had me interested in the Silver Surfer's plight with Galactus and has them in a new interesting dynamic but a few things kept me from enjoying it fully. Latour while doing great work on the art front, has not made some scenes stick out more to point out the changing points of view and narratives. A few changes on the color scheme and this book would read better. I know it's hard to illustrate this in the setting he's in but a few background hues either brighter or darker would've helped me.
The other three were amazing stories, but this was disappointing.
This is probably going to be the weak link in this series. The story being told is the standard Silver Surfer story. But the way it's played and the way the art really doesn't look good definitely takes away from it. The important stuff, the stuff that further the overall storyline is intriguing, mostly because it's adding to threads in the other, better books. Namor is similar to this one, but Namor's story was actually something interesting that will probably be built upon in other series. Silver Surfer's story will not be, in any real way, as far as I know. This sucks because I have no doubts Al Ewing is going to nail the finale, so for one issue to pull the others down is really unfortunate.
The dialogue and art were eh okay! Needed more information, got lost a few times in the issue!
The art is questionable, but not that bad. The story on the other hand is... well... I read worse, it's readable, but I really didn't understand WHAT was the point of that and how was it connected to this event. Maybe I should rate it even lower, but I really saw much worse comics.
I fell asleep several times while reading this. Make of that what you will.
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