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This one was a bit of a rip-off. It's only 3 issues. It's an ok story, but it's obvious it's just a huge setup. It's a pedestrian vampire/holy grail story continuing the Baron Blood WWII plot from early Captain America stories with great action. Unfortunately, if you're looking for classic Cassaday art, look elsewhere. It's not terrible, its just that you'll be disappointed if you buy this book specifically for his art. I actually got this one as a lead in to the rest of Union Jack, as I hear Ch...
I usually despise the failure of empathy implicit in the assumption that writers can only properly write characters of their own race, gender, disability status, whatever. But, I have still never read an American writer getting a British superhero right.
O personagem que veste a bandeira inglesa, Union Jack, sempre rende boas histórias. Principalmente quando a terceira geração do herói transformou a sina do herói de um personagem aristocrático para um herói da classe trabalhadora. O Union Jack atual é Joey Chapman, um pintor de casas e essa dicotomia entre as classes está presente nessa primeira minissérie do herói, bem como a ameaça sempre presente dos vampiros. Escrita por Ben Raab, escritor inglês que esteve vinculado com personagens anglo-sa...
Read this in the Mightiest Heroes collection, my first solo outing with Union Jack and a good ride, I really enjoy the character. This is a very British supernatural tale which has Joey Chapman the third Union Jack going up against vampires. A real working class hero which makes him a fair bit different to Captain Britain.
British superspy Union Jack comes face to face with an army of vampires, pulling him into the legacy of his predecessors for a good romp. A mix of past heroics with the supernatural, one wishes Raab's miniseries was longer.
I really enjoyed this. Sure, the story is not the most sophisticated (vampires, Holy Grail etc) but it is great fun. The creators are clearly having fun, although Cassaday's art is strangely up and down in quality. The main character is well defined, and you get the impression there is plenty more mileage in him. I liked the nod to the characters heritage too. It's a quick read, but a good one.
Decent little supernatural mini-series.