Polite Dissent

Looking at recent issues of three titles I’ve endorsed/picked-on before: Aquaman, Ultra, and Starjammers.

Aquaman #22: Writer Will Pfeiffer answers some of my medical questions here by pointing out that inhalers and smoking do not work underwater (though he mentions two panels earlier that inhalers for smokers are big on the black market). All in all a satisfying conclusion to the storyline. I wish Pfeiffer were staying on the title. Recommended

Ultra #2: I’m still immensely enjoying this title. Good art and just the right mix of soap opera and action (Noble Family take note). The parody ads and magazine columns are well-done. I hope the Luna brothers can keep the momentum up. I continue to recommend this title.

Starjammers #3 and #4: Bleah! I enjoyed the first two issues because they had the trappings of an enjoyable space opera. Nix that idea. The next two issues go nowhere, and all the interesting bits have been dropped. The big reveal (the evil aristrocrats are aking drugs that are really the seeds of the plant people) was blatantly telegraphed in issue #1. And why were the most intersting members of the Starjammers dropped for a crew of tree-people (yet Hepzibah was pictured on the first cover…false advertising?). A definite “no longer recommend.”