Mara #5

Mara #5 

Brian Wood, Ming Doyle, Jordie Bellaire

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Review
This should have been issue #3.

The comic continues to move at a snail's pace. Thankfully, where the writing has taken a very slow, somber pace, the art and colors more than make up for it.

The only reason I am continuing to pick up the book is because it is a limited series and I just need to see how it ends. Honestly, from the way things are going, we are going to get an ending a la 2001 A Space Odyssey where Mara becomes a star child or she pulls a Dr. Manhattan. Either way, color me bored with the story.

Maybe I'm just bored of seeing what happens when ordinary people get all powered up and the world reacts to them. Maybe I expected more from Brian Wood. I didn't expect to read a decompressed story that sounded very interesting at first but has taken a complete nosedive from there.

I know I try to recommend more indie stuff to people, but this comic is very skippable. Which is sad, because Wood should have done more with the story to really have Doyle and Bellaire shine more. They are both great, but Wood could have really given them something better than this.

Grades
Words: 3/10
Pictures: 7/10
General Feeling After Reading: Tired.
Buy Next Issue: It will be the last one.