The Order #3 Review

THE ORDER #3
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Barry Kitson

Three issues in and this series is doing its best to draw me in, but I still feel like I don't know these people and just don't care. It seems Fraction is going with a 'one character per story' introduction for each member of the team and, while it works for some, not everyone connects with every character.So, while he's giving us nice build up for individual characters, if you don't like that character featured you are immediately turned off from the book.

This issue's spotlight on Calamity did a good job showing his original interview to join the team and outlining his past where he lost his legs to a drunk driver. The ending of this issue was a real payoff as well as Calamity, who was benched from team duty so he can sort through the events of last issue and the opening of this one, decides to pay the man that took his legs and former life away from him a visit with a baseball bat. I'm very interested in seeing next issue's reaction to these events and Fraction is lucky Calamity and the little bit of insight into Moholland were enough to make me stick with this book for another go.

Next issue looks like it might focus more on Moholland, at least based on what occurred this issue and previous issues indications. She has one of the more interesting power sets and it should be a good issue. However, it's like we find out about someone and then Fraction forgets about them. No new developments from any of the characters featured in the previous issues and it looks like it will be similar treatment for every issue for the foreseeable future. I'll stick with this for the first six issues, but this book is on the chopping block at this point. Not because it is overly bad or has poor art, but because it fails at the one thing stories shouldn't. It does not engage me and I have no reason to care for the characters or events happening to them.

Verdict - Check It

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