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Yeah what was up with that ish!
• Part 2 of Gwen's L.A. adventure is here!
• As it turns out, Gwen & Kate Bishop (the REAL Hawkeye) make a pretty great team!
• The mission to save Cecil (who is currently trapped in a crystal locked in Ghost Rider's car) continues!
Rated T+
Random goodness with a stale side of potatoes would be the best way to describe Gwenpool. It delivers the goods but you do get served the same dish over and over again. If you like wild zany fun then this comic is for you. Don't get me wrong if this comic was sitting on a table to read I would pick it up and have some laughs. It's never short on that. Gwenpool is a total fangirl who I love and wouldn't want her to change but it would be nice to see her in some other kind of situation other than wild impromptu rides. Which may be the angle of this book and I'm totally in the wrong here. Gwenpool gets three out of five stars. Read Full Review
Haynes art is just plain jane with a side of low sodium ketchup. It reminds me of A.K.A. Hellcat! But that was always meant to be cute cheeky fun not this title. I really do like Hastings writing though especially the cheetoh line and I do find this little twist in the end interesting. Let's just hope this title gets better or Gwen's days may be over.
This title is slipping. It's a shame this ish was just plain - and this ish had 2 potentially interesting guest stars that didn't really deliver. Kate rationalizing herself into killing dwarves is so wrong. And the cliffhanger was the same as last time only with new fam member. The only thing that made this issue notable was the significant and interesting change to Cecil (that the title character helped her friend with).
There wasn't really any point in making this a crossover other than Ghost Rider providing transportation. The narrative does not flow well, and one page is difficult to decipher with this crate shunting from an unintroduced boat to the dock, seemingly instantly instantly sue to poor layouts. The teaser on the final page is the only reason to keep reading.
The punchline to Gwen's LA adventure is resurrecting Cecil as a purple Sully from Monsters Inc. The plot and the Gwen-Kate interactions had promise, but the arc is over and those promises were never really fulfilled. Ghost Rider was even more under-utilized, essentially sleepwalking through the story. Christopher Hastings' script lived down to Myisha Haynes' lackadaisical art, and this issue felt more like a cheap Marvel Adventures kiddie-comic or an infinite comic than an actual, premium, "pay $4 at your LCS" book. Disappointing.
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