About Heroes

Author: Sean McKeever
Penciller: Nicola Scott
Inker: Doug Hazelwood
Colors: Hi-Fi

I got really excited when I saw the cover to this issue and saw the name Gail Simone. Not that I haven’t enjoyed McKeever’s run on the book, but Simone really brought out the testosterone in the book that it was lacking since the days of Dixon. As it turns out it was just a misprint on the cover and McKeever himself is going to be replaced by Tony Bedard and just when I was getting used to his writing too.

It seems that Lady Blackhawk is now under the control of her old nemesis the Killer Shark, which for some reason I find really creepy. As it turns out this guy is only a descendent of the original Killer Shark and his whole ploy was to find the location of the original Killer Shark’s loot. There is a long drawn out fight between Misfit and Black Alice. Alice takes possession of Misfit’s power, which is something she wasn’t able to do in the past since she was only able to possess mystical energy.

My biggest gripe with the issue is that it just seems to wrap up to fast. There were so many setting stones for possible storylines, but it seems McKeever was in a rush to get his storylines wrapped up before the next writer comes on board. I also have a huge problem with the one dimensional way Misfit is written. For a character with some interesting powers and plenty of potential she just keeps annoying me, but I think that is the way McKeever sees her; as an annoying teenager. The star of this book is certainly the talented Nicola Scott. I have grown to love her artwork. It was a little bumpy ride at first, but I blame that on Ed Benes who sat the standard 90s look to the book with T&A everywhere. Scott just draws some of the most realistic and still beautiful females in superhero comics today. As long as she stays I stay with the book. Of course Manhunter’s brief appearance didn’t hurt the grade at all. B