Attack of the Killer Comic Reviews!				no. 1 

PAD week:					other stuff:

Aquaman 1					Buster the Amazing Bear 4
Sachs & Violens 4				From Hell 5
Spider-Man 2099 23				Iron Man 2020	
Spider-Man Annual 2099 1			Omaha the Cat Dancer 1
						Wetworks 1

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Greetings. Welcome to the first edition of Attack of the Killer Comic 
Reviews. Why am I doing this? Well, because I can. :)

This week brings two comic books that we all thought we'd never see: 
Sachs & Violens 4 and Wetworks 1. (Now all we need is Miracleman 25 and 
the apocalypse will come.) Wetworks was solicited originally in 1992, but 
the delay is understandable considering that it's cause: the illness and 
death of Whilce Portacio's sister. As for Sachs & Violens, PAD *is* 
writing four monthly books, after all. He may be stretching himself too 
thin, but his writing, for the most part is as good as ever. 

Without further ado:

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Aquaman 1 (DC, $1.50)

The new series is off to a good start, and looks like it will be better 
than the mini. New artist Martin Egeland is as good as Kirk Jarvinen, 
IMHO. As for the new Aqua-look, I like the beard, but I don't know about 
the long hair. Doesn't it get in his eyes when he's swimming?

Years of reading comics has me thinking I've figured the ending out: 
Aqualad will recover just in time to save himself and find a way to 
rescue Aquaman. But, knowing Peter David, he's got something up his 
sleeve. Unfortunately, it's a harpoon. :)

Sachs & Violens 4 (Marvel/Epic, $2.25)

It's here, but it feels slightly like a letdown, perhaps because it took 
so long to appear. David's story and Perez's art are as great as ever.
Ernie and J.J., in order to track down the kiddie porn kingpin, go to New 
Orleans, where, of course, Mardi Gras is in full swing. What follows is a 
high octane romp through the streets of the Big Easy. Most of the story 
is told in flashback, so those annoying bubbles are on the corners of 
nearly every panel. The only significant complaint I can think of is that 
the villians are a bit on the ridiculous side, but they're no less 
deadly. (How's that for a cliche?)

Spider-Man 2099 23

Spider-Man 2099 Annual 1 (Marvel, $2.95)

Do you remember when we used to look forward to annuals? Now, if we're 
lucky, we get one great story and two or three incredibly bad ones. In 
this annual, it's a bit more even: one good story and one just ordinarily 
bad one. The lead story by Peter David features the return of the Net 
Prophet, but there's no new information about his identity or where he 
comes from. The Ron Lim art is passable, but I've seen better from him.

It's the other story, written by Ian Edginton, that bothers me. The art 
by Malcolm Davis is great for the first two pages, then quickly becomes 
Image-esque. The story is one of those cliche filled