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A review by diewachen
Ultimate Comics Avengers, Vol. 3: Blade vs. The Avengers by Steve Dillon, Mark Millar
2.0
I'm not a fan of Mark Millar. I found Kick-Ass to be a poor attempt at gritty humor, filled with racism, sexism and homophobia. To be frank, if I had noticed Millar wrote this book before I picked it up from the library, I wouldn't have picked it up. Instead, I noticed Steve Dillon and vampires.
This isn't what you would call a "good" book. I'm behind on my reading of the Ultimate Universe, and there were several characters (Nerd Hulk and a new Daredevil) that seemed like they could be interesting. This book didn't do much to encourage me to read more, and (spoiler alert) didn't leave much of possibility for future exploration of these characters. There wasn't much of a plot, and there were huge leaps between scenes that really needed further explanation.
What it did have: Steve Dillon and vampires... and Blade. I have a soft spot for Blade. I really enjoyed the Midnight Sons (back in the day), and still enjoy even a poorly written Blade. It's unfortunate that the comic book Blade has been adjusted to reflect the movie Blade.
I really enjoy Steve Dillon, but have a hard time supporting that enjoyment when he has a large cast of characters to draw. The man only has a handful of faces in his bag of tricks. I like the style, but the colorist is very important when the cast gets too big (this story has a huge cast).
And vampires. Well, they were there, they were killing folks. If you liked Marvel Zombies, this is about as good as that, but with vampires and better art. In other words... Meh.
This isn't what you would call a "good" book. I'm behind on my reading of the Ultimate Universe, and there were several characters (Nerd Hulk and a new Daredevil) that seemed like they could be interesting. This book didn't do much to encourage me to read more, and (spoiler alert) didn't leave much of possibility for future exploration of these characters. There wasn't much of a plot, and there were huge leaps between scenes that really needed further explanation.
What it did have: Steve Dillon and vampires... and Blade. I have a soft spot for Blade. I really enjoyed the Midnight Sons (back in the day), and still enjoy even a poorly written Blade. It's unfortunate that the comic book Blade has been adjusted to reflect the movie Blade.
I really enjoy Steve Dillon, but have a hard time supporting that enjoyment when he has a large cast of characters to draw. The man only has a handful of faces in his bag of tricks. I like the style, but the colorist is very important when the cast gets too big (this story has a huge cast).
And vampires. Well, they were there, they were killing folks. If you liked Marvel Zombies, this is about as good as that, but with vampires and better art. In other words... Meh.