THUNDERBOLTS: BREAKING POINT # 1
Written by Christos Gage
Art by Brian Denham
Well, we now know that Ellis is probably the only one that can do the new Thunderbolts any real justice. This issue, while technically sound from a writing and art standpoint, just falls completely short of the bar set by Ellis and Deodato. It felt as if Gage and Denham were trying their best to imitate the actual series writing and art instead of telling their own story, with their own voices.
After a brief encounter with an unregistered character, the Thunderbolts return to their base. There, Songbird runs into her long lost mother, the same mother who was a drunk and abandoned her when she was a child. Apparently, she has returned to cash in on Melissa's popularity as a Thunderbolt. After a brief chat, Melissa tells her to stay out of her life forever. Her mother, a recovering alcoholic, later dies in a car crash, where she was found with trace amounts of alcohol in her blood. Melissa mourns a bit and then goes on a mission with the team where she acts fairly cold, more in line with how Moonstone typically acts.
This all ends with Moonstone confronting Songbird about her recent behaviour and mother's death. Songbird reveals Moonstone had a brief conversation with Melissa's mother which, apparently, caused her to start drinking again and is why she died. Now, it shows this conversation in the issue and it consists of Moonstone saying Norman Osborn is a billionaire and director of the Thunderbolts. How this relates in any way, shape or form to Melissa's mother's death is beyond me.
I honestly have no idea what the point of this issue was and the "revelation" was a complete bust to me. What was the point of it? I don't see how Moonstone is responsible for her mother's death or how that conversation meant anything in the grand scheme of things.
Verdict - Avoid It. It's a rather dull issue that tries to imitate a much better writer's interpretation of these characters and fails miserably with a lackluster reveal at the end. Unless you absolutely must have every single thing related to the new Thunderbolts, don't bother with this one-shot.
After a brief encounter with an unregistered character, the Thunderbolts return to their base. There, Songbird runs into her long lost mother, the same mother who was a drunk and abandoned her when she was a child. Apparently, she has returned to cash in on Melissa's popularity as a Thunderbolt. After a brief chat, Melissa tells her to stay out of her life forever. Her mother, a recovering alcoholic, later dies in a car crash, where she was found with trace amounts of alcohol in her blood. Melissa mourns a bit and then goes on a mission with the team where she acts fairly cold, more in line with how Moonstone typically acts.
This all ends with Moonstone confronting Songbird about her recent behaviour and mother's death. Songbird reveals Moonstone had a brief conversation with Melissa's mother which, apparently, caused her to start drinking again and is why she died. Now, it shows this conversation in the issue and it consists of Moonstone saying Norman Osborn is a billionaire and director of the Thunderbolts. How this relates in any way, shape or form to Melissa's mother's death is beyond me.
I honestly have no idea what the point of this issue was and the "revelation" was a complete bust to me. What was the point of it? I don't see how Moonstone is responsible for her mother's death or how that conversation meant anything in the grand scheme of things.
Verdict - Avoid It. It's a rather dull issue that tries to imitate a much better writer's interpretation of these characters and fails miserably with a lackluster reveal at the end. Unless you absolutely must have every single thing related to the new Thunderbolts, don't bother with this one-shot.
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