Or, the use of color to help facilitate a sense of reality change or shifting, and how out there (but still scary) a lot of this Zur-En-Arrh stuff is as opposed to other, more “grounded” Bats tales. That might explain the overwhelming sense of darkness and intensity that permeates every square inch of this piece. (Get it, lock? Because prison?) Putri - who drew the mostly great Dark Knights of Steel maxiseries - doesn’t really focus on the story elements in any sort of direct way, but perhaps captures the mood of Bruce Wayne’s continued “struggle” with Zur-En-Arrh. But that event was done with such brutality and efficiency (just one of the reasons that I liked it) and now we get to move on to “Dark Prisons.” Based solely en this variant cover from Yasmine Putri, I already feel like “Dark Prisons” is a lock for yet another great storyline from Chip Zdarsky and company. I get that some folks really loved “Joker Year One” and others may have felt a little more uneven about it (possibly bordering on outright dislike). It’s already another win for Momoko, folks. It feels like classic Momoko but also with a touch more emotional gravitas and undertones of intensity to really make us feel for our new lead. And Momoko’s own cover to issue #1 expertly encapsulates what Hisako may be going through, as she’s caught in a storm of sorts where everything she knew and this strange new world bash together to throw her life asunder in a way that all of the best teen dramas can accomplish. For one, any book that brings in a non-A-list like Armor deserves our attention, but then there’s this idea of filtering it all through the life of a teenager that feels both compelling and quintessentially comics. Now, Momoko and letterer Joe Caramagna are working together on Ultimate X-Men, in which Hisako “Armor’ Ichiki must leave behind her life as an average teen when “urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them.” Sure, a lot of the more recent Ultimate stuff has been pretty good overall (even as some real criticisms do exist), but I feel like Momoko could be onto something here. ![]() Not only has she done a slew of amazing variant covers, but she’s gotten a chance to tell her own stores with the excellent Demon Days. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! Ultimate X-Men #1Īnyone who has read a Marvel book in the last several years will know how essential Peach Momoko is to the line.
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