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A review by hollowspine
The Mysterious Strangers: Strange Ways by Chris Roberson, Scott Kowalchuk
4.0
Retro, peculiar and awesome the Mysterious Strangers Vol. One really packs a punch. As a first time reader I was pleasantly surprised when I finished this comic. The characters are well developed, and would be interesting even without their super-powered Stranger identities. Sandoval, Verity and Michael Kono form the field team, guided by Absalom Quince, the descendant of one of the first members of the Strangers.
The villains are as mysterious and interesting as the heroes with somewhat different motivations than the typical take over the world trope, though there is a smidge of that of course. I really enjoyed the final chapter the Nazi Aliens from Dimension X, which was pretty funny stuff.
This collection contains three adventures, where they are challenged, but ultimately prevail. It's not the typical superhero stuff, although it has it's pulpy moments the characters are more human than 'super' and even with their amazing powers also just use their own powers of persuasion, disguise and determination to get them into and out of scrapes.
I would recommend this comic to fans as well as those of us who don't read super hero comics, this one's worth a try!
The villains are as mysterious and interesting as the heroes with somewhat different motivations than the typical take over the world trope, though there is a smidge of that of course. I really enjoyed the final chapter the Nazi Aliens from Dimension X, which was pretty funny stuff.
This collection contains three adventures, where they are challenged, but ultimately prevail. It's not the typical superhero stuff, although it has it's pulpy moments the characters are more human than 'super' and even with their amazing powers also just use their own powers of persuasion, disguise and determination to get them into and out of scrapes.
I would recommend this comic to fans as well as those of us who don't read super hero comics, this one's worth a try!