I haven't yet read the issue where the Crocodile eats somebody, so maybe that will sully what has otherwise been an enjoyable bit of work by Mr. Johns.
Well, I've read it now, and yes, it ruined the whole thing for me.
My disappointment started in the issue prior to Famine chowing on poor little Osiris, when Mr. Johns had the whole Black Marvel Family and Marvel Family fist fighting like trailer trash rabble. Why, oh why, would a family that had shared nothing but love suddenly find it okay to start punching each other? Wouldn't a teary argument have been more fitting such a family? Prior to Osiris flying through the Suicide Squad, we'd never seen him as much as curse at another person, now, all of a sudden, he's punching his loved ones. Why? Oh, yeah: lazy, hacky writing.
And then Isis dies.
And suddenly, we're back to where we were with Black Adam being a big, psychotic bully, instead of the loving man he'd evolved into. A man successfully staving off his murderous nature in favor of love and loyalty and peace makes for a much better story.
Fucking Geoff Johns. He was able to pull off a trick that is beyond many comic writers: he got me to care about characters I hadn't ever bothered with. And then he does this. This isn't realism; this isn't grim and gritty writing. This is just crap. |
