I was hoping to find a way to voice my input, but not 16 pages into a post... I haven't read anything else so if I reiterate something that's already been said, I apologize.
To start, I've been reading and collecting comics for nearly 20 years. I have roughly 5,000 comics in my collection and am fairly familiar with a variety of artists and writers styles. I have pretty strong opinions about what makes a good comic.
The new series... well, it sucks. If I weren't getting it for free with my game subscription I sure as hell wouldn't purchase it at the store.
I thought the Blue King series wasn't all that great but it wasn't all that bad either. At least I wanted to read those when they came in the mail. The reader could really get into the situations the lead characters were facing. The reader could also connect with the characters (until the last few issues) because they wre fun and relatable. The Kheldian storyline was where it took a turn for the worse, for me anyway. Not all that engaging.
The new series only has the covers working for them. The artwork is not spectacular, there's not a lot of consistency . The layouts are weak, the level of detail is abismal, and the form of the characters has no solidity.
The writing could really be a lot better too. The tone and personality (dialog) of the characters lack inspiration. They are supposed to set the standard for the rest of the heroes in Paragon City, but when the chips have fallen they all fall apart. And an archer who had no powers is the ring leader when all the other heroes lose their own powers? TOO PREDICTABLE! Is Mark Waid writing this... ?
The storyline is completely lame. Statesman being Zues?!? What the hell? Issue 2 he's communing with.. his otherself? Or whatever Lord Recluse is supposed to be, that's pretty lame. There is nothing "heroic" about these guys. They're just a bunch of whiney and bitchy freaks in spandex, and finding out that Statesman is just a big jerk was VERY dissappointing.
Either have Top Cow put a new team on the series or give it back to Blue King, they were doing a MUCH better job.
