My name is Cash In, Shameless Cash In.
I want to open this review with a positive thought. For a few reasons;
1. I don’t think there will be many positive points throughout.
2. I don’t like being the bad guy from Ratatouille.
3. I think opening a review of a comic this bad, with a light-hearted tone will make me feel a little better after having to read it more than once.
4. And I feel like I’m a positive kind of guy.
So, my positive thought? Hey, at least the artist and writer are consistent?
The first thing that came to mind when I bought this comic was that the cover was in a different style than the first issue and I was excited, very excited. It was minimalist and interesting (hopefully I can find the cover and post it with this review). Sadly though, as I opened it, the art was the same and even more depressingly so was the writing.
The comic was even delayed for a while and after it not being in my buy pile the week it was meant to, I was actually a little happy as I thought was that it may have gotten cancelled. Now I’m already being negative and even more so than I was in the previous review, but I think reading this issue and then thinking back to previous just made me more upset. The reasoning is that there seems to be so much potential and the more I read, the more opportunities I feel were missed.
I’ve seen and heard people saying that this is more akin to the original but even the original wasn’t this empty and vapid. Nothing happens. Nothing that is worth caring about. There is a supervillain and he wants to do something. He had an information leak and sent a henchman to kill the person that acquired the leaked information. So far, classic bond feels have been given but in between this (albeit long and drawn out) set up, there is a boring and mundane story of our main character dealing with a vomiting brother while getting called into work. As he gets wind of the leak and jets to New York, there is a forced interaction with another spy group and so beings a very boring team up that is fruitless in the grand scheme of things.
So aside from the narrative issues, this comic also has a few run-ins with sensitive topics including; gender and race and unlike Mark Millar who seems to get off on being that kind of edgy, I don’t feel likes there much of an excuse for this comic, it’s not funny and feels very forced. This is even more apparent when it could be excused if the character saying or expressing these values are that kind of person but it seems out of character for our “hero”. I’m not saying its sexist or racist, I’m saying it dumb and unfunny.
Its safe to say I did not enjoy this issue, and if possible, I liked it less than the first. Unless the artist changes and the writer somehow decides to put effort in, I don’t think this is going to change. But hey, ill keep reviewing as it seems like I’m a glutton for punishment.