Thunderbolts #1 Review
***SPOILER FREE REVIEW***
I admit, I was pretty eager for this title to come around. The idea of a group of anti-heroes/near-villains like the Thunderbolts being assembled by General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (pun intended) should be a fun title. Unfortunately, this title was a rather large let down.
Reading the first issue of Thunderbolts reminded me quite a bit of last week's FF. Both comics were just small peeks of things to come, mostly focusing on the assembling of the respective teams. Only, in FF #1, we got a charming, well-drawn comic that showed strong characterization. Thunderbolts mostly glosses over most of the characters of the team, only given sufficient time to Thunderbolt Ross. Admittedly, I did like how the story is built around Ross and his self-admitted past mistakes. However, we get no reason as to why Ross is bringing together this band of murderous rogues. Maybe we will get more info in Issues #2 and #3, but after this disappointing 1st issue, it's hard to say if I stick around to let Daniel Way tell his story.
I've never read a comic book drawn by Steve Dillon, so I was willing to give his art a try. Unfortunately, I was disappointed, mostly because the way Dillon draws faces seems really off to me. Dillon's action scenes are ok, but his misdrawn faces take away so much attention of mine away from the rest of his art that it becomes hard to focus on the rest of his art. GURU eFX's colors don't fit with the tone of this comic at all, they're very bright and cheery and would fit better with a much more lighthearted comic.
Overall, I'd have to say that I was highly disappointed by the 1st issue. Maybe this series will pick up when we do see the team come together and interract with each other. I have to say that all interest I had in this title has been sunk, and unless I hear great things about the next few issues, I won't be back.
