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A review by monitaroymohan
Red Hood: The Hill (2024) #1 by Shawn Martinbrough
1.0
This series is still not going well. The writing is still terrible. This book is just exposition. All the dialogue is exposition. Every comment bubble has someone’s name bolded because we don’t know who these people are and the creative team has no clue how else to introduce the giant cast of characters. There are so many people here, none of whom are actually doing anything other than being introduced. Crikey.
Jason continues to be sidelined in his own book. Strike continues to be an erratic character. Were these people introduced in something before and we’re supposed to already know them? What is the deal here? I have absolutely no idea what the core of this story is. I wish it was more fleshed out so I could get my bearings, but since we keep getting exposition, we have no personalities or depth.
Like, why is Denise suspicious of Junior, other than prejudice? Does she really have a source? What was the gift Bruce left for Jason? Why is Jason flaunting his wealth with expensive furniture in his downtown apartment, when his friend Dana is struggling for money and has a disabled parent to worry about? Jason seems more level headed than that.
Junior has some issue with Batman, but where are the clues to intrigue us? Right now it’s like being lambasted with a giant cast of characters with absolutely no understanding of why.
The art is just not working for me. When you have a relatively unfamiliar part of the universe and so many characters, you really need to make life easier for the reader, and consistent, precise and clean art was needed to fathom the going on. If nothing else, Jason should look good and he doesn’t.
The only thing I liked about this book was that Carmen is interested in Jason, and he seems to be reciprocating it, and she’s not a statuesque white woman. One upside to things.
Jason continues to be sidelined in his own book. Strike continues to be an erratic character. Were these people introduced in something before and we’re supposed to already know them? What is the deal here? I have absolutely no idea what the core of this story is. I wish it was more fleshed out so I could get my bearings, but since we keep getting exposition, we have no personalities or depth.
Like, why is Denise suspicious of Junior, other than prejudice? Does she really have a source? What was the gift Bruce left for Jason? Why is Jason flaunting his wealth with expensive furniture in his downtown apartment, when his friend Dana is struggling for money and has a disabled parent to worry about? Jason seems more level headed than that.
Junior has some issue with Batman, but where are the clues to intrigue us? Right now it’s like being lambasted with a giant cast of characters with absolutely no understanding of why.
The art is just not working for me. When you have a relatively unfamiliar part of the universe and so many characters, you really need to make life easier for the reader, and consistent, precise and clean art was needed to fathom the going on. If nothing else, Jason should look good and he doesn’t.
The only thing I liked about this book was that Carmen is interested in Jason, and he seems to be reciprocating it, and she’s not a statuesque white woman. One upside to things.