About Heroes

This Review was submitted by The Dude:

Writers: Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, and Adam Brody
Penciler: Jerry Ordway

Published by Wildstorm, Red Menace is a story set in the McCarthy era of the United States. The issue begins with a character named the Eagle who is brought before the HUAC committee, wherein he unmasks himself as Steve Tremaine, a decorated war veteran, declaring himself to be a patriot. Eventually things turn sour however when Tremaine refuses to name names and play ball with the committee. Incidents are brought up, that though seeming inconsequential; lead the press to label him a communist. As you can imagine things for Tremaine only get worse. Towards the end of this first issue you see another hero calling himself the Grey Falcon, who takes up the Eagles' fight and well...things don't look good for this intrepid hero either.

Ok, ok nuff with the synopsis. My opinion on this whole issue was....it was good. So why should this be surprising to people? Have you read The Flash at all? Yeah it's bad, and guess who's writing it, Bilson & DeMeo, the same guys who wrote this. Adam Brody helps write this with Bilson and DeMeo actually, and a more cynical person could believe that Brody did all the work but, I don't know, I'd prefer to think they all contributed equally. The whole time I was reading this though, I kept thinking, "are these the same guys". The illustrations were alright, nothing great nor too disappointing, the lines throughout remind me of John Byrne's current style, though they aren't real thick which, is why I don't completely hate the penciling within this title. Overall I'd recommend people to read this in trade whenever it comes out later, cause thus far it looks like a good read. B+