Comics! Mara #4

Mara #4

Brian Wood, Ming Doyle, Jordie Bellaire

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Review
The look is there, but the story...

Last issue's weird time jumping issue just felt out of place for me. It really felt like it was taking a story and really putting it out of place right when things should have gotten interesting. This was an interesting book about a volleyball player and her having (surprisingly to her) superpowers manifest themselves. But then things turned very generic for me.

Mara is essentially turning into a Superman type. Something akin to Rising Stars. Having seen that type of  plot used several times before, I really want something to pop out about this comic that makes me want to finish the story with positive feelings of anticipation instead of the feelings of dread that are rising.

This issue even dropped the world around her, save for a few panels of hints as to how the world reacts to her being gone. Mind you, the only sense of time that is really given says that this story takes place with the span of a couple of days. The news media outside has accepted Mara's death by unknown causes as the essential truth, and are moving on to other things. For having the world around Mara move at as quick of a pace in forgetting her, the book is forgetting to really develop her character at the same pace.

I find myself just not caring for Mara. There really isn't anything about her personality that tells me she is someone unique that I should care about. What have we discovered about Mara's character that we didn't know about at the end of the first issue? That's where I am struggling to maintain interest.

Grades
Words: 4/10
Pictures: 7/10
General Feeling After Reading: Blugh.
Buy Next Issue: I'm really, really debating if I should. If I do, I might as well finish the series. It will be a realease day decision.