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geekwayne's review
2.0
'The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction' is a crossover between two pulp style properties. What happens when these two loners and egos meet? Will they clash or work together.
When a body shows up in California that the Spirit knows about, he packs up his entourage to investigate. Before long, he is in conflict with The Rocketeer, and neither of these guys likes the other one. Complicating things is The Rocketeer's girl Betty flirting with The Spirit. The mystery sometimes takes a backseat to the cracking wise and the flirting. It has to do with a recent invention that will soon be in every home, and the two bad guys who want to use it for something evil.
The writing isn't bad, but I was hoping for a little more noir and mystery and less of the lighter stuff. The book collects 4 issues and in the last 2, the art takes a serious downturn. It never tries to compete with the work of Will Eisner and Dave Sims art, but maybe that's part of the problem. Especially with other books out with these characters that have better art.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
When a body shows up in California that the Spirit knows about, he packs up his entourage to investigate. Before long, he is in conflict with The Rocketeer, and neither of these guys likes the other one. Complicating things is The Rocketeer's girl Betty flirting with The Spirit. The mystery sometimes takes a backseat to the cracking wise and the flirting. It has to do with a recent invention that will soon be in every home, and the two bad guys who want to use it for something evil.
The writing isn't bad, but I was hoping for a little more noir and mystery and less of the lighter stuff. The book collects 4 issues and in the last 2, the art takes a serious downturn. It never tries to compete with the work of Will Eisner and Dave Sims art, but maybe that's part of the problem. Especially with other books out with these characters that have better art.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
bloodravenlib's review
2.0
I have posted my full review of this on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Simply click (or copy/paste the link to your browser) to read the review and check out this title.
Review link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/booknote-rocketeerthe-spirit-pulp.html
Review link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/booknote-rocketeerthe-spirit-pulp.html
kayladaila's review
2.0
I got a copy of this from netgalley, because it sounded really interesting and the title is clever. The story was cute. I liked the way the two heroes met, and I loved the noir writing at the beginning of the book. However, the noir writing didn't last and then the art just got weird. Maybe it's a testament to one of the originals? I've never read either one, but I just didn't think it was good. I did like that never having read one of the original versions before, I was able to pick up and follow the story.
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