Resurrection Man #1 W: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning Art: Fernando Dagnino
OK,
there's obscure and there's Resurrection Man. Around for two years in
the late 90s and that's pretty much it, the creators of the character
have been given a second chance with him; which is kind of fitting as
his powers are that he dies and comes back to life with a new power
(that he doesn't know what it is).
This ends up working maybe
the best of any of the 52 books then just because of this, primarily
because it hasn't got any huge amount of history it has to cram in or
ignore and nothing to be inconsistent with. And although I enjoyed it I
wasn't engaged at any point, plus the whole "fixed events and you can't
prevent them because you cause them" part of the plot reminded me of
everything I hate about modern Doctor Who.
The art is the thing
though. It reminds me of the last attempt to bring back Marvel's New
Universe, or lower tier Marvel supernatural books of the 80s/90s like
Druid. And it features the worst piece of art this week, coupled with
one of the weirdest bits of dialogue:
"A GaGa kind of way". Plus the hands. Ignoring his giant hand at the front of the panel, we have this behind:
Uh.
It's her hand that's behind that doesn't work, as that inexplicable bit
of width makes it look like it's her thumb and not his. Still, a decent
first issue and I'm sticking with it.
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