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Deathlok, Volume 1: Control. Alt. Delete. by Mike Perkins, Nathan Edmondson

mjfmjfmjf's review

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4.0

Marvel has definitely been inconsistent. And I guess part of that is their readership is expanded. And what one person thinks is a good book another hates. Take this book for example.

This book is a character focused book. It is clearly referencing the same tech as Secret War. It is a Deathlok very reminiscent of the Deathlok on the TV show Marvel's Agent of SHIELD.

It is an Original Sin book, so we are dealing with a secret from the Watcher. And as a book in a Marvel event my expectations are low.

And yet it was good all the way through. Writing, pacing, art. The side characters weren't random. Bringing in Domino and Tony Stark and Maria Hill all made sense. The art on the controller and the investigating agent could have been more different.

I cared and believed everything and I'm glad I've got the sequel on hold.

squidbag's review

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4.0

Pure awesome comics goodness. Spies and intrigue, manipulated realities and unethical science. What more do you want? This is not Michael Collins Deathlok, this is a new guy, an appropriately Marvel Universe alliterative Henry Hayes, who's a Doctor without Borders who also doesn't realize he's a lethal cyborg killing machine. The writing on this is anxiety-making in all the right ways, and the art is spot-on - Deathlok's redesign is great; he's never looked better. Another attempt to square your comics heroes with the screen versions (in this case, from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) but this one nails it without going overboard to match every detail. Recommended.