here's koolaid's write-up:
Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, written by Jeff Lemire and Art by Alberto Ponticelli
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Description: You familiar with Hellboy right? Monster guy, carries big guns, works for secret agency, has crazy adventures as he fights demons, nazis, and nazi demons? Yeah well, its like that, but with Frankenstein's Monster! I mean, just look at that cover for an idea; this s*** is gonna be wild as hell, Frankenstein with gatling guns fighting giant monsters with riding a flaming horse and saving the day. It aint your typical superhero book, and that's just why its so damn intriguing.
The Creative Team: Jeff Lemire is a relatively newcomer in the business, but he's been making waves with critically-acclaimed work on Superboy, Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and Lost Dogs. He has a clear love and understanding of the medium, able to blaze new trails and mine new ideas in all of his work. With a high-concept idea like "Secret Agent Frankenstein", I'm eager to see what he does with it.
Alberto Ponticelli is most known for doing Unknown Soldier, which is most known for having semi-gritty, semi-fantastical visuals set in a hyperreal world of craziness. So yeah, the perfect artist!
Ease of Entry: Well, the book is gonna be weird, no doubt about that. You need to be ok with the idea of Frankenstein and his squad of monster hunters fighting titans on lost worlds.
Recommendation: If the above idea sounds awesome to you, hell yes! This is gonna be one of the freshest, wildest books on the market, and probably not one of their best-sellers, so get out there and support it for the sake of crazy comic book goodness.
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