6 is arguably the best ish of the series so far.
But was just me, or did it feel like King was trolling fans with the Wally part of the story?
The whole story is one big troll. If you enjoy it thatâs fine but I honestly canât understand what sort of enjoyment your getting out of it. To me itâs just awful and quite frankly insulting.
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I think itâs fantastic. Love the psychological dive on secondary characters, the exploration of PTSD, and especially the heavy weight Wally has had to carry. This is not a punch everybody in sight book, itâs taking its time to tell a different kind of story.
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Go figure, when this is the ish I decided to take my break from HiC with. Oh well.
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I reallyâŚreally want to like this series more. I feel like the idea and story behind is a grand. But the problem is, is that itâs trying too many things at once. Itâs trying to be am murder mystery, a deep character bio, and an emotional look at mental illness/health in one comic. And itâs not doing either all that effectively. Itâs trying to create this really deep emotional story, but itâs getting interrupted by the murder mystery aspect, and the gripping, exciting murder mystery story is getting side lined by the deep character moments. Both of them are strong stories, and to me, donât work well together at all. It comes off as just a mess. By themselves, if they leaned into one of the other I think it would work much better. Like right now I love the idea of seeing the heroes in their most vulnerable, and how they deal with their own troubles, but we donât see it really pay off at this point, just random shots of them âbreaking downâ. which comes off as just them rambling on to the audience. At first this was a unique device to get us to relate to themâŚbut itâs done multiple times in every issue, and they all start to blend together⌠Likewise the murder mystery hasnât gone anywhere and if it wasnât for the fact that itâs a bit more "higher profileâ victims, this feels like itâs just another issue of Detective Comics⌠Also the whole Lois Lane story of her being obligated to reveal the story about Sanctuary just feels so forced⌠Why would she even consider this? Whatâs the motivation? It doesnât strike me as something thatâs sheâs forced to do. If anything it makes her come off as weak and just being written like this to create an âoh my godâ shock value moment⌠Iâm stickign around to the end, but Iâm not feeling this much anymoreâŚ
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Not enjoying it at all. I was trying to be a smartass. This book has so far been the biggest slap in the face to DC fans that Iâve ever seen.
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Iâm really like the story as a whole. King in slow burn mode works for me. I like how the mystery unravels. However I did think this was the weakest issue, even with the reveal. One thing I did like about this issue was them finally digging into Wallyâs mental state with how he deals with his entire life being taken away from him.
I donât understand how anyone can consider a comic book story line âinsultingâ or âa slap in the face.â Itâs just a story⌠if you donât like it then move on to the next one. But that is just me.
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@OldmanJonah
I know exactly what you mean. Itâs like Star Wars or Trek fans sayign âOh this series doesnât work for me I feel like itâs a slap in the face! Completely disrepected!â UhhâŚitâs a storyâŚjust wait around for the next one? I donât get how people can get so worked up and angry at the content creators for just telling a storyâŚ
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I can see ânot liking it so farâ, but until itâs complete, a story canât be terrible until it ends. Audition is a really great example. The movie seemed slow and terrible, but it did that on purpose so when the end came, it had more impact.
Tom King has proven himself to be a great writer with an excellent feel for the characters. Thatâs why this series is so weird. He is not writing the characters like themselves. Iâm going to stick it out until the end, but it does feel like weâre 6 issues in and weâve been treading water for the last 4 or so. At $4 an issue, I think wasting this much time with nothing happening could be considered insulting. Iâve paid $24 for the series so far and thereâs an expectation that Iâm going to pay more. Either way, if it does not end strong, it will hurt my opinion of Tom King overall.
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