DCU Comic Book Reviews

MANHUNTER #25

Two Superheroes And A Fed Walk Into A Bar...

October 2006

Written by Marc Andreyko

Pencils by Javier Pina

Inks by Fernando Blanco

Cover by Jesus Saiz

Synopsis

When Julie comes to pick up Ramsey at Kate Spencer’s house, she asks Kate if she would be the Godmother to Julie’s new born baby, Violet.  Elsewhere, Iron Munro demands to see Director Bones about his granddaughter, Kate Spencer.  Meanwhile, Kate, Todd, and Damon are about to head out to see a concert of the band called “88.”  Elsewhere, Sweeny Todd is getting hungry.  In the Bering Sea, Mark Shaw is trying to figure out who is chasing him.  In Los Angeles, the concert just gets started when Sweeny Todd literally crashes into the club looking for Cameron Chase.  While Obsidian deals with the monsters, Kate goes out to her car to change into the Manhunter.  She then returns to take down Sweeny Todd, using his own razor to defeat him.  Outside the club, the Paparazzi clamors for pictures of the hero, Manhunter.  Back at the law offices of Spencer-Matthews, Wonder Woman comes looking for Kate.  Diana is in need of Kate’s services.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

“It’s a fact:  When more than one superhero is around, the odds of supervillainy increase exponentially.”

Here is one more reason to buy Manhunter.  You see that quote above?  That is something that I would expect fanatic comic book fans to sit in the back room of their local store and not only discuss, but also provide proof that what she says is true.  Yet, in Manhunter, it is not only tossed aside as a joke, but it is proven later in the issue when Sweeny Todd crashes the concert.  This is the perfect sign that Andreyko has an awareness of things going on around him and an ability to put things into context, whether it is serious or witty or a combination of both.  Without that line of dialogue, Kate’s decision to bring the suit would come off wrong and we’d be scratching our heads, wondering, why did she bring it other than the requirements of the script.  But, with the dialogue, we understand why she does it and it further defines Kate in terms of a little quirkiness about her character.  Moreover, when she does need to get into the suit, she must find the car first and then bitch about changing her clothes.  That is just brilliant, brilliant stuff. 

Additional stuff that I enjoyed:  Dylan trying to “date” Cameron and her reactions, Damon and Todd and the way they interact with each other and Kate, Julie’s question to Kate at the beginning, and the oddness of Bones getting a back rub.  What I noticed about all of the above list is that they are to big splash scenes or big action scenes, but they are small character moments.  Yes, the fight with Sweeny Todd was good and I liked it, but there are tons of comic books that have better fight scenes.  But few have better written characters.  Just one more reason:  buy Manhunter. 

I loved the cliffhanger.  The next five issues should be interesting and I am excited, but three months until the next Manhunter issue?  I can’t wait that long. 

Buy Manhunter.

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