Renaldo's Reviews: Saucer Country #1, luther Strode #6, Kick-Ass 2 #7, Avengers #24

Saucer Country # 1 –

Cornell sculpts a psychological thriller here that had me jumping from abortion to psychosis to drugs to depression, when it came to analyzing the cusp plot of this issue. Not once did aliens seem to hover in mind and while the story isn’t as coherent as I thought it could have been , while the only real character development we get is the main political candidate and not the other equally intriguing foils in the book, Cornell wraps over the Brit hogwash with a strict, sturdy and keenly robust analysis of the American political system.

Renaldo's Reviews: The Cape, Uncanny X-Men, Kick-Ass, Children's Crusade

The Cape - 
An ascension to villainy, depending on your perspective or stance, is one that makes for cliched reads, as per comics of the modern era with many writers trying to do this but lacking the deft skill, planning, tact and execution to pull it off. Marvel tried it with Osborn, and didn't mangle it as much, Waid strayed for from butcher this concept with his Irredeemable/Incorruptible books; but Joe Hill took it on his shoulders with a brilliant 2010 one-shot to show humanity and the evils of the heart within. It's a practical yet visceral foray into the human psyche as the mind of the book's star gets ravaged with jealousy, sin and paranoia amid a barrage of sins...where he felt a lack of acceptance into the world.