02-13-2008, 10:20 AM
A very interesting issue, I can’t wait to see where this goes. I’m so glad that Ali is back, I really enjoyed him in #1-2. I have decided that it’s Mike’s top-notch writing that makes these issues feel so short – my mind just eats up everything in the issue and desperately wants more!
To issue specific notes; perhaps I wasn’t paying attention, but is this the first time we’ve seen the UAFM and BFA? I assume that the UAFM were who Ali had working for him in Stones of Blood or are they displaced men who had followed HIM and now need a new cause to fight for? Also, I’m not really clear on the BFA. They seem against the UAFM but they are not above their methods (e.g., taking their battles into innocent villages) and both the Phantom and the JP treated both factions as terrorists. I hope we get more insight into these groups in further issues.
It’s interesting that again Diana is trying to pass a bill for 3rd world support. I wonder if the Third World, First Step paper is an evolution of Resolution Ten – Thirteen from issues #1-2 and if it will come into play later on.
I really enjoyed the issue opening with the terrorists shooting all over the place then to have the Phantom come in and disarm them with a few perfectly aimed shots. Really showed just how good he is and it was worth a chuckle.
So it seems that the new Singh leader (can’t recall his name) has payed off some important people to get Ali out of gaol. I wonder how far his connections go and what the Singhs’ involvement in the over all plan is.
As moving and shocking as it was to see Diana’s plain blown to smithereens common sense tells me she isn’t dead, but I’m looking forward to seeing what is going on with her.
And that last frame, couples with the Old Jungle Saying….oooh man, someone is in for an ass-kickin’!
If I have one complaint about the issue it has to be the “whisper bubbles.†I don’t know if the dotted line was supposed to match the contours of the bubble and something went wrong but the way they are they look really messy. Also, on page 21, frame 4 I think Luaga and the generals’ speech bubbles got mixed up.
Other than that another very good issue.
To issue specific notes; perhaps I wasn’t paying attention, but is this the first time we’ve seen the UAFM and BFA? I assume that the UAFM were who Ali had working for him in Stones of Blood or are they displaced men who had followed HIM and now need a new cause to fight for? Also, I’m not really clear on the BFA. They seem against the UAFM but they are not above their methods (e.g., taking their battles into innocent villages) and both the Phantom and the JP treated both factions as terrorists. I hope we get more insight into these groups in further issues.
It’s interesting that again Diana is trying to pass a bill for 3rd world support. I wonder if the Third World, First Step paper is an evolution of Resolution Ten – Thirteen from issues #1-2 and if it will come into play later on.
I really enjoyed the issue opening with the terrorists shooting all over the place then to have the Phantom come in and disarm them with a few perfectly aimed shots. Really showed just how good he is and it was worth a chuckle.
So it seems that the new Singh leader (can’t recall his name) has payed off some important people to get Ali out of gaol. I wonder how far his connections go and what the Singhs’ involvement in the over all plan is.
As moving and shocking as it was to see Diana’s plain blown to smithereens common sense tells me she isn’t dead, but I’m looking forward to seeing what is going on with her.
And that last frame, couples with the Old Jungle Saying….oooh man, someone is in for an ass-kickin’!
If I have one complaint about the issue it has to be the “whisper bubbles.†I don’t know if the dotted line was supposed to match the contours of the bubble and something went wrong but the way they are they look really messy. Also, on page 21, frame 4 I think Luaga and the generals’ speech bubbles got mixed up.
Other than that another very good issue.
