CYBER FORCE/ HUNTER KILLER #2

written by Mark Waid

art by Kenneth Rocafort

color by Sunny Gho

lettering by Troy Peteri

published by Top Cow Productions

 

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

10.31.2009

 

 

Yeah, I really didn’t get any of that.

 

Ellis tries to unite Cyber Force and Hunter Killer to save the world. There is way too much talking and back story awkwardly shoved in before the heroes decide to attack Morningstar at three different locations at the same time. The battle starts against a couple of giant sentinels and then there is a fifties type of cliffhanger. I’m not making this up. That is basically what happens in this issue.

 

I’ve been through the whole process, every step, of comic book creating from brainstorming to putting the inks in PS and coloring them. Its fun; but far from easy. And I hate to harp on the guys doing this job but this issue was bad. Rocafort is fantastic as usual, his attention to the minutest details shows so much love for his craft, but the strange choice of watercolor type coloring doesn’t do his art justice. The writing isn’t really terrible; its just boring. I know what they were trying to do but it just didn’t work well.

 

Not commenting on the series, but this issue is a dud: 2 out of 5 for the art.