Revisitation 110: Cosmos is da Bomb.

28/1/2023

This week, it's America Vs North Korea Vs... Thailand.

Plus, a flying saucer saves the day, Silverstreak flexes his hot bod and Bumblebee is number one with a bullet as I look at ISSUE 12 of the Mike Costa ongoing!

3 Comments

Snowkatt

30/1/2023 11:32:24 am

This thing reads like a popcorn flick
Its a light fluffy "story" has big action set pieces and takes it self way more seriously then it should.
And like an popcorn flick, the moment its over and you think to deeply about it you go: "hang on !"

However unlike a popcorn flicks this just dragged on for 4 dreary months.
Where nothing happened and the whole thing was scrutinized.
And if there is one thing this story cant stand up too, its being scrutinized.
Cause it will pop otherwise.

And this drags on for another excruciating 10 months, before they bring James Roberts in for issue 22.
At least issue 13 is decent and so are Space Opera and Police Action.
Or maybe i just remember them more favorable, because things actually happen.
Unlike the up coming "return of the decepticons: five parter..
February is gonna be pain.

Llama God

4/2/2023 09:30:54 am

No beating around the bush (that's the thing you humans do, right?), this is terrible. It's the climax of a set of issues that think they're being clever about politics, but which actually have nothing to say at all. Aside from, maybe, "in war isn't everybody the bad guy?" or something like that. Which, whatever. It's not new or interesting. Like every conduit on the wall of a Federation starship this goes nowhere and does absolutely nothing.

Worse is how it's made immediately clear in this issue that nothing more is going to be made of the world-politics storyline with the assassination of Bumblebee at the end. This is clearly the start of a new arc, and just elicits a groan. Especially as we know he'll be back, and probably in a different body that'll make a plot point but due to editorial interference will be indistinguishable from what he had before.

No I'm not letting it go.

The assassination is, at least, not a bad idea, especially with the whole motivational speech not having the desired effect. If the last three years have taught us, it is that people will most definitely not always all do the right thing, or the thing that is best for everyone, so this is at least realistic Which is disappointing.

The other thing I don't like is Sandra's turn of conscience, which just feels a little misogynistic here. Costa's either trying to make the point that women are only level headed ones, or that if men are having fun then it's always going to be women that ruin it - and from the way the comic reads it feels like the latter. Which is just off.

I will agree that the Cosmos stuff is fun, but sadly it's sandwiched in the middle of some real turds, which really rather spoils it. The only good thing about this issue, really, is that it ends this arc, and that at least the next arc does some things that'll have consequences later. February may be a difficult month, but at least January's over...

LiamKav

4/2/2023 01:22:28 pm

"Which leaves Bumblebee smouldering on the ground looking dead, which feels like a pretty good summing up of his run as leader."

Don't worry, once Barber takes over I'm sure Bumblebee's run as leader will attain new and glorious height.

Also, small thing... whilst I do agree that Onslaught shooting the Predacons in the back is hilarious, it's also wildly out of character. Vortex would have been way more appropriate, and it's actually be a rare opportunity for him to actually do something.

Revisitation 110: Cosmos is da Bomb.

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