Peter Milligan has a great story for Stormwatch here, but the clunky execution has it buried beneath an unclear plot and forced dialog. The Hidden People, a group of super powered survivor Neanderthals, have hatched a plan to devolve humanity with a powerful cube device. Sounds Stormwatch-y enough for me, but between the truncated history lesson in the beginning, the confusing action sequence in the middle, and the hokey mustache-twirling end, the team has seen better days.
There are a total of nine artists on this issue, and it shows. The flashbacks are done in one penciller’s toned down realistic style, while the present day scenes are in a style fit for a Saturday morning cartoon. Neither style looks bad, per se, but meshed together like this they disrupt the flow of the book, even in its divided format. With the already jumbled story, the art only serves to make matters worse. DC should be praised for getting almost every book out on time since the New 52 began, but products like this make me wonder about how maybe we don’t always want what we complain about on message boards.
All that said, there are a few good moments to be found. The entire team wears disgusted faces as Angie vomits on the floor, but Midnighter stands apart looking amused. A short sequence reveals Angie’s origin as the Engineer that hits a note of shock and sympathy. Apollo banters with Midnighter in a cheesy way that still manages to make me smile despite myself.
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