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A review by reasie
Journey into Mystery, Featuring Sif, Vol. 1: Stronger Than Monsters by Kathryn Immonen, Jeff Dekal, Valerio Schiti, Jordie Bellaire, Clayton Cowles
3.0
Starts out strong with a splash page that pairs retro two-tone graphics with "Who's the sword-wielding warrior who's a soldier on the battlefield and a lady in Asgardia?" "SIF!" "Verily we can dig it."
So yeah - I'm full on board there.
The art is stylish, though the action sequences can be so elaborate and stylish they are hard to follow and Lady Sif never seems to find pants to wear, save one scene in the snow. It's just... yeah she does most of her ass-kicking in booty shorts. Eh. What can you do? It's modest for comics.
Anyway, yeah, the action starts out great and there's a real sense of seeing Asguardians at home, away from the spotlight, doing Asguardian life. Especially liked the two women cleaning the throne room and Gundrun.
The ending, however... was rushed. Very rushed. Relied too much on spontaneous bad-guy confession to get us up to speed with the plot.
Overall though, a quick read. I wish as much time and detail had gone into the second half of the book as the first.
So yeah - I'm full on board there.
The art is stylish, though the action sequences can be so elaborate and stylish they are hard to follow and Lady Sif never seems to find pants to wear, save one scene in the snow. It's just... yeah she does most of her ass-kicking in booty shorts. Eh. What can you do? It's modest for comics.
Anyway, yeah, the action starts out great and there's a real sense of seeing Asguardians at home, away from the spotlight, doing Asguardian life. Especially liked the two women cleaning the throne room and Gundrun.
The ending, however... was rushed. Very rushed. Relied too much on spontaneous bad-guy confession to get us up to speed with the plot.
Overall though, a quick read. I wish as much time and detail had gone into the second half of the book as the first.