Hearts of Steel #3 (SPOILERS)

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Hearts of Steel #3 (SPOILERS)

Post by Yaya » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:13 am

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. :lol:

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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Post by Metal Vendetta » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:45 am

I got a letter printed.

Boo, and indeed yah.

:D :D :D
I would have waited a ******* eternity for this!!!!
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Post by Yaya » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:22 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:I got a letter printed.

Boo, and indeed yah.

:D :D :D
Yeah, I saw that. I was there too. Second time, actually. Kind of cool.
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Post by Metal Vendetta » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:50 am

It's my first ever letter in a TF comic. I'm stoked.
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Post by Brendocon » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:53 pm

Anybody want to explain to me how Guido's "dedication to the craft" explains some other people drawing this issue? Unless he's specifically dedicated to the craft of the next issue.

God I hate this series.
Grrr. Argh.

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Post by Yaya » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:43 am

Brendocon wrote: God I hate this series.
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.

Yet, in reading the responses to it on different TF message boards, its seems to be well received overall.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:22 am

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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Post by spiderfrommars » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:14 am

I preferred this issue to the last one.

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