COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #5 (OF 8)
Written by Steve Gerber and Matt Sturges
Art by Justiniano & Walden Wong and Stephen Segovia
Just as this series looked like it was building to something, both stories take detours into excessive exposition land.
In the Eclipso story, the new / old host takes a joyride around the universe looking for ways to kill himself or Eclipso before it can take him over completely. He does this while the narrative boxes try to impress us with relatively pointless astro-physics calculations.
On the Dr Fate side of the coin, we get an interesting comic within a comic story as the new Fate tries to learn more about the woman that rescued him and was subsequently turned to oil and sucked down the drain. He does this through the comic she writes and I enjoyed the pyschobabble as Fate tried to analysis the woman's life as he was reading the book.
However, both stories killed any momentum they had and the Eclipso one has taken a strange twist with the new host / death of Jean Lorring last issue. I'm sure the Fate one will lead to bigger things as that mystery unfolds, but Eclipso's seems like a waste of space right now.
Verdict - Check It
In the Eclipso story, the new / old host takes a joyride around the universe looking for ways to kill himself or Eclipso before it can take him over completely. He does this while the narrative boxes try to impress us with relatively pointless astro-physics calculations.
On the Dr Fate side of the coin, we get an interesting comic within a comic story as the new Fate tries to learn more about the woman that rescued him and was subsequently turned to oil and sucked down the drain. He does this through the comic she writes and I enjoyed the pyschobabble as Fate tried to analysis the woman's life as he was reading the book.
However, both stories killed any momentum they had and the Eclipso one has taken a strange twist with the new host / death of Jean Lorring last issue. I'm sure the Fate one will lead to bigger things as that mystery unfolds, but Eclipso's seems like a waste of space right now.
Verdict - Check It
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