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raphynette's review
4.0
Annie Wu didn't illustrate this issue, and I wasn't as fond of Pia Guerra's art as I am of Annie's, but it was still a visually very pleasing issue. I loved Guerra's rendition of Maeve - truth be told, I just love Maeve haha.
We had some significant plot development here, which is great.It was nice of Amanda Waller to pop by, I guess haha. I assume Team 7, which Dinah used to be a part of alongside Kurt, is a division of A.R.G.U.S. then?
However, as far as character development / growth goes, the character we've gained the deepest insight into so far is Maeve, which is quite weird considering 1) it's already issue #4 and 2) Maeve's a somewhat clueless antagonist in the grand scheme of things and who therefore probably isn't the main baddie at that point.Nevertheless, the last pages of this issue seem to foreshadow a bigger part to play for Maeve. Which I'm very excited about, not gonna lie .
Sure, we know now that1) Ditto doesn't come from Earth, 2) Dinah was married to her former fellow Team 7 operative and they more likely than not were part of A.R.G.U.S, but if I were a newcomer to DC with no previous knowledge of Dinah/Black Canary, Dinah'd still feel like a somewhat empty shell at that point.
On a more positive note, I loved the subtle pop culture references thrown in here and there.
I truly think they were trying - and succeeded - to emulate Taylor Swift with Maeve. Indeed, Maeve is depicted as a control freak, someone who's very driven, almost cutthroat and always aiming at perfection, obsessed with her art and obsessing over her image, which is very reminiscent of Taylor Swift in my opinion, or at least the person Swift's allegedly rumored to be behind closed doors - obviously, I wouldn't know for sure. Anyway, nothing you can tell me will make believe that "I would show you things... Magical things" wasn't a nod to "I can show you incredibly things" from Blank Space haha.
The second pop culture reference I was alluding to earlier is "As if". I'll just leave it at that ;)
This issue was more of a 3.5 stars if I'm quite honest, but I'm rounding it up to 4 for 3 reasons: 1) Maeve, obviously haha ; 2) the plot finally seems to be moving forward and its advancement seems promising by the looks of things and finally 3) this issue's pacing was much better.
We had some significant plot development here, which is great.
However, as far as character development / growth goes, the character we've gained the deepest insight into so far is Maeve, which is quite weird considering 1) it's already issue #4 and 2) Maeve's a somewhat clueless antagonist in the grand scheme of things and who therefore probably isn't the main baddie at that point.
Sure, we know now that
On a more positive note, I loved the subtle pop culture references thrown in here and there.
I truly think they were trying - and succeeded - to emulate Taylor Swift with Maeve. Indeed, Maeve is depicted as a control freak, someone who's very driven, almost cutthroat and always aiming at perfection, obsessed with her art and obsessing over her image, which is very reminiscent of Taylor Swift in my opinion, or at least the person Swift's allegedly rumored to be behind closed doors - obviously, I wouldn't know for sure. Anyway, nothing you can tell me will make believe that "I would show you things... Magical things" wasn't a nod to "I can show you incredibly things" from Blank Space haha.
The second pop culture reference I was alluding to earlier is "As if". I'll just leave it at that ;)
This issue was more of a 3.5 stars if I'm quite honest, but I'm rounding it up to 4 for 3 reasons: 1) Maeve, obviously haha ; 2) the plot finally seems to be moving forward and its advancement seems promising by the looks of things and finally 3) this issue's pacing was much better.
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