Super Villain Team Up Modoks 11
Comic Summary: Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC After barely making it out of the Infinicide's fortress alive, the surviving members of M.O.D.O.K.'s team discover their score has been stolen from them - by the son of the MANDARIN! To make matters worse, Puma has lost his powers, the Living Laser is about to merge with the universe, Rocket Racer can't work up the nerve to ask Nightshade out on a date, and A.I.M. is poised to make its move against them. Fortunately, there's no greater way to foster team unity than to track down and beat the stuffing out of the guy who ripped off the most powerful weapon in the universe from you after you spent so much time and energy stealing it in the first place.
Codes: 75960605824200411 AUG072254
- Price:
$2.99$2.39- Penciller:
- Francis Portela
- Author:
- Fred Van Lente
- Author:
- Francis Portela
- Cover Artist:
- Marko Djurdjevic
- Release Date:
- October 3, 2007
- In Stock?
- Yes!
- Genre:
- Superhero
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Customer Reviews
Modok’s 11 hits its penultimate issue, and the action just keeps coming. Van Lente has crafted a fast-paced, amusing romp through the C-level of the Marvel Universe, bringing together lots of largely unused characters for a big caper directed by the Big Brain himself, Modok. Focusing on the C-list gives Van Lente a lot of room to establish characterization where there was none, and he’s good at that.
Humor is one of Van Lente’s hallmarks as well, and you’ll find a lot of that as these characters crack jokes and swap insults. He’s careful to maintain the underlying seriousness, though, so we don’t get to the point of parody. One flaw here is that the sprawling cast and the fast-paced plot don’t give us enough time to enjoy certain characters. Who would think I’d want to see more of Armadillo? Well, I do. And I wouldn’t mind getting less of Puma.
Probably the other flaw would be the incredibly convoluted plot, but that’s understandable. With 11 crooks plus Modok, various criminal organizations, SHIELD, and more, you’d have to assume there will be double- and triple-crosses, deceptions, disguises, and lots of other twists. The downside is that you’ll really need to read the whole storyline at one sitting to get the full impact, which is diluted by spacing it into monthly doses.
1 pts.