Hearts of Steel #3 (SPOILERS)
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Never.
I would have never in a million years thought that some day I would see Mark Twain fending off Ravage with a wooden chair.
And winning.
Yeah, it was goofy. A tad more cheesalicious than the last two issues.
Like others, I was not as fond of the pencilling here as I was with Guido. I will say, though, that rather than look like an episode of the cartoon, it actually looked like an older Transformers issue from Marvel. So it wasn't that bad, as it did strike a nostalgic chord, just in a different way.
The coloring again really maintains the time period here, and even though the pencils weren't as strong, the coloring does more than make up for it.
Storywise, it kind of faltered for me a bit. It crossed the line of mediocrity, something the last two issues rose above.
Overall, I give it a "C". Mediocre, with some laughable moments, but not really impacting the overall series in a negative way.
If the story is going to end like I think it will, with a Back to the Future III-esque train chase, then I think Dixon will end things with a bang.
Looking forward to it.
I would have never in a million years thought that some day I would see Mark Twain fending off Ravage with a wooden chair.
And winning.
Yeah, it was goofy. A tad more cheesalicious than the last two issues.
Like others, I was not as fond of the pencilling here as I was with Guido. I will say, though, that rather than look like an episode of the cartoon, it actually looked like an older Transformers issue from Marvel. So it wasn't that bad, as it did strike a nostalgic chord, just in a different way.
The coloring again really maintains the time period here, and even though the pencils weren't as strong, the coloring does more than make up for it.
Storywise, it kind of faltered for me a bit. It crossed the line of mediocrity, something the last two issues rose above.
Overall, I give it a "C". Mediocre, with some laughable moments, but not really impacting the overall series in a negative way.
If the story is going to end like I think it will, with a Back to the Future III-esque train chase, then I think Dixon will end things with a bang.
Looking forward to it.
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You are one of the few who has actually posted this, which surprises me. Though I have enjoyed this tale (for reasons I still can't understand), I would have thought the fanbase would be strongly divided on Hearts of Steel.Brendocon wrote: God I hate this series.
Yet, in reading the responses to it on different TF message boards, its seems to be well received overall.
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It's an alternate continuity tale, just like Art of War, so frankly I don't give much of a fuzz if it messes up characters and continuity... And the designs are very cool. The story is, well, not that great, but goes with salt.
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