THE GOOD
— I am not familiar with much of Warren Ellis, besides his run on Moon Knight. That is how Injection is being marketed anyways. “Have you read Moon Knight? Read this!” Honestly. The first issue does a great job. All of the major characters are introduced. Each, Maria, Brigid, and Robin are pretty interesting. They are all unique enough that I won’t be confused while reading. That is always a plus for me.
The world that Injection exists within is very odd. I haven’t read much of the solicitations or the prerelease interviews. What I can grasp is that the Injection is something bad. Some conspiracy and that these characters are going to take it down or get to the bottom of it. There are some cool acronyms thrown around, and something cool called Cunning Man. No idea.
Regardless of not knowing what the story is actually about it is a great read. Shalvey and Bellaire kill it on the art. When Shalvey was working on Venom, I hated it. This totally works. His lines are great and are wonderfully complimented by Bellaire’s colors. The two were made for each other.
THE BAD
— This is a first issue and not a Williamson kind of first issue where he outlines enough that you have a clue about what is going on with a few questions. You have NO idea what is going on and ONLY questions. Maybe I should just read some interviews and such to find out but I want to discover the goings-on as I read. Again, I’m not very well versed with Warren Ellis, so I’m going to presume that like Morrison I just need to stick with it and it will turn out to be great.
THE VERDICT
— Injection is a new and interesting title from Image. Ellis is back with his Moon Knight support and it all meshes very nicely. There is nothing to complain other than the excessiveness of acronyms, which Ellis points out in the script, and the no-clue-what-is-going-on. The last few pages are enough to hook you. Seriously, WTF! I’ll read a few more issues and see if it explains itself.
— I am not familiar with much of Warren Ellis, besides his run on Moon Knight. That is how Injection is being marketed anyways. “Have you read Moon Knight? Read this!” Honestly. The first issue does a great job. All of the major characters are introduced. Each, Maria, Brigid, and Robin are pretty interesting. They are all unique enough that I won’t be confused while reading. That is always a plus for me.
The world that Injection exists within is very odd. I haven’t read much of the solicitations or the prerelease interviews. What I can grasp is that the Injection is something bad. Some conspiracy and that these characters are going to take it down or get to the bottom of it. There are some cool acronyms thrown around, and something cool called Cunning Man. No idea.
Regardless of not knowing what the story is actually about it is a great read. Shalvey and Bellaire kill it on the art. When Shalvey was working on Venom, I hated it. This totally works. His lines are great and are wonderfully complimented by Bellaire’s colors. The two were made for each other.
THE BAD
— This is a first issue and not a Williamson kind of first issue where he outlines enough that you have a clue about what is going on with a few questions. You have NO idea what is going on and ONLY questions. Maybe I should just read some interviews and such to find out but I want to discover the goings-on as I read. Again, I’m not very well versed with Warren Ellis, so I’m going to presume that like Morrison I just need to stick with it and it will turn out to be great.
THE VERDICT
— Injection is a new and interesting title from Image. Ellis is back with his Moon Knight support and it all meshes very nicely. There is nothing to complain other than the excessiveness of acronyms, which Ellis points out in the script, and the no-clue-what-is-going-on. The last few pages are enough to hook you. Seriously, WTF! I’ll read a few more issues and see if it explains itself.