If you've read my last two reviews on this series, you'll know that I haven't been the highest of fans when it comes to Powell's work here.
He still continues to create something that looks sophomoric at best, and I'm glad to finally see that I'm not the only one who feels this.
I've been reading reviews about this series on other websites like aintitcool.com, comibbookresources.com, ign.com, and they all state the same thing: what the heck is going on with this series?
For starters issue #3 introduces yet another idea within the jumble of ideas, this time focusing on a group of twin girls that seem to have their own special powers.
We seem to finally have something of interest here as Powell is of course paying homage to the twin girls featured within past Godzilla movies, only this time reintroduced as school girl of sorts.
The girls are pure evil here, using their apparent telepathic powers to both hurt and harm anybody in their way, just for the heck of it too. They also apparently focus these energies on taking over Battra, as shown here.
Very interesting stuff, and this is something I want to see more of right away...but Powell maddeningly keeps interjecting other storylines on a very sporadic basis. Essentially he gives us only a few panels within each story before moving onto the next idea.
While I'm certain such storylines will resolve themselves as the issues continue, this is not good storytelling. As a reader one wants to see what happens to a particular idea before jumping around to the next three or four. It's like A.D.D. in a comic book form here.
(I've seen this madness done before with DC's Final Crisis series from last year. Here the storyline could never stop moving around and it became almost a drinking game of sorts when the story shifted to the next scene just after a few panels)
Then on top of all that Powell continues his generic stereotypes by focusing on Texans here in this panel, as they anticipate Anguirus.
Again so sophomoric. This is the great writer of The Goon? Did we really need such stereotyping here?
In any case I'm still giving this 2/5 stars because I continue to see good buildups that will hopefully pay off soon. But the effects are coming sooner then expected, as I've noticed that sales for this series have drastically dropped. Obviously readers are not enjoying this ride, so things better pick up soon.
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