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I'm not sure what I
think of "Spooks" just yet, but I do know that it's
unusual. And stale. The problem going into this
series is that I've seen it all before, and
then some and issue 2 is not convincing me that this
is a new brand of horror comic that the other DDP
titles have convinced me of, in the past. "Spooks"
has
a genuinely novel atmosphere about it, but beyond
that, I never once found myself engaged in the
story. It all feels like I've been here and done
this, and
from the first page, I really didn't see the big
deal. Psycho witches, aristocratic vampires,
werewolves, and a tough talking organization that
handles the
supernatural? I've just seen it all before, and then
some. And when it has the chance to focus on
character, it instead wants to focus on military
protocol
convincing us anxiously that this is a group that
hunts the supernatural menaces but they're all
business. Just the same when we center in on
characters and
dialogue, I saw nothing but one-liners and cheesy
back and forth's that just inspired a sigh of
boredom, from me. |
Take the
mid-meeting flirting sessions, and the hum drum
monologue from the head vampire Vlad who refers
to humans as "cattle." Gee, that's never been
done before. He's also planning a coup once the
current psychotic witch goes through with her
plan of taking over the world and bringing
classic monsters to life to dominate humanity.
If this mini-series is planning on bigger things
with more complexities than it'd better start
now, because right now I'm not convinced it's
anything above a mediocre horror entry about
ANOTHER secret organization hunting monsters and
the supernatural. On the upside though, the art
is quite spectacular with some of the best
monster oriented mechanisms I've seen in a
while. From the skull train, to the gatling gun
hearse, it's all very entertaining to watch,
especially when
Patience Van Anders crashes a biker bar and
makes use of them against their will, to help
shrink down the squad from the Department of
Supernatural Defense. I acknowledge that I
missed out on issue 1 and failed to have a
proper introduction into the characters and
their relationships, but the conflicts seem all
so rehashed. The head of the DSD has a grudge
against the head vampire, his daughter has
possible supernatural powers that may help
defend against Patience, and there's much
military intrigue carried over from "G.I. Joe"
into this title to make it seem legitimate.
While it's far from the worst comic series DDP
has to offer, it's surely the weakest so far. |
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