CBR Review: What If? Spider-Man #1

I recently reviewed What If? Spider-Man #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "There are certain stories in comics that everyone needs to recognize as antiquated and more than just a little stupid. One that always bugs me is the ‘superhero kills someone and just. Cannot. STOP!’ story. That story is a lazy, overly simplistic attempt at a morality play that doesn’t actually say anything worth saying. It’s treating killing like potato chips: you can’t stop at just one! It argues that there’s an innate psychopath within the hero that’s kept in check simply by the good grace that he hasn’t killed someone in self-defense and then realized, much to his shock, he enjoyed it. More than enjoying it, he must do it again to satisfy that hunger deep down inside, because, screw you all, killing must done en masse from now on! That’s pretty much all What If? Spider-Man #1 is about. Been there, hated it then."

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CBR Review: Unthinkable #5

I recently reviewed Unthinkable #5 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "One of the more interesting, stunning books to come out this year, Unthinkable has flown under the radar for the most part, but, if you didn’t read this series, you missed out on a very well-crafted story, breathtaking art, and a finale that’s satisfying and thought-provoking, much like the rest of the series. Mark Sable uses the post-9/11 world to his advantage and that incident as a jumping off point, an instigating event for the entire book."

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CBR Review: Unthinkable #1

I recently reviewed Unthinkable #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "Mark Sable tries to cram a lot into this first issue as it covers a decade, moving in and out of events in an effort to catch us up to speed. While the ideas thrown out are interesting and engaging -- like the first meeting of the Think Tank where they discuss how terrorists would stop oil production if they wanted -- the issue breezes by very quickly to reach that final page cliffhanger. It may be a very good cliffhanger, but the page limitations really hurt the pacing of this issue."

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