shawn87's All-Star Western #3 - No News is Good; El Diablo, Part 2 review

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    No News Is Good

    The Story: 

    Jonah Hex endures another attack while in Old Gotham shortly after bringing the Gotham Butcher to justice.  

    My Thoughts:

    This series started off with a bang and quickly became a favorite of mine. Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti make such a great creative team and really know how to write Jonah Hex. 

    I don't want it to sound as if I thought this issue was horrible, but right now this series is feeling as if it would be better off read as a trade. I'm sort of losing that excitement I felt towards this series early on. It doesn't mean things are getting horrible. I just don't feel as if it's quite as dynamic as it was. The best thing that can be said of this issue is that the writers have put Jonah Hex in an environment he's not used to. Old Gotham is a completely different world from what he's been accustomed to his whole life. The times are changing and right now it appears he's falling behind. 

    The ending of the issue was fairly lackluster doing little to provoke any excitement towards next months issue. I'm going to be coming back but the writers really should have left fans with something more to look forward to especially if a lot of these newer readers have little to no prior experience with Jonah Hex. The back-up story at the end is doing nothing to interest me. I liked El Diablo in the previous Jonah Hex series, but this back-up story just isn't doing it for me.   

    Moritat's artwork is the perfect match for this series. It's not as if it's the best artwork in the world, but it's incredible in its own way. Would it work on a character like Flash? No. But this isn't Flash. This is All-Star Western and this artwork suits this series While at first glance the cover may appear plain and boring, if you take time to appreciate it you'll notice it's a strikingly attractive cover that symbolizes three essential factors this series is made up of; Guns, Gore, Gotham. Jonah Hex's stance with the pistols is pretty cool but it would have been ever better if they had a shot of Old Gotham in the background in my opinion. 

    I may be the only person who didn't enjoy this issue as much as I would have hoped for. I really hope next issue picks up when they go underground. I'v'e seen the cover for the issue and it looks incredible. If things don't pick up I may be forced to drop this title.  

    Rating: 3/5

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