Sunday, November 23, 2014

Original Sin Annual #1 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

After the horribleness of "Original Sin," I was on the fence about getting this issue.  In the end, I got it mostly to see if it could somehow redeem the series.  It was probably an unrealistic expectation, but Latour at least puts in a good effort.

We get the story of Woodrow McCord, the Man on the Wall who passed the title to Nick Fury.  Latour wisely goes for a pulp-fiction approach to the story, given that he's writing about alien invasions taking place in the 1930s.  It's still a little hard to believe that no one noticed the Men on the Wall saving Calcutta from an alien invasion in 1913, but Latour successfully encourages you not to think too critically about it.  It would've also been nice to learn why it was OK for us to have multiple Men on the Wall in 1913, but McCord and Fury were forced to do the job on their own.  But, Latour doesn't really have time to try to explain a concept that the main series failed to flesh out fully.  His real goal is giving us some more information about McCord.  He does just that and closes the book on the whole sorry episode that was "Original Sin."

In the end, this issue doesn't really accomplish much, since McCord is dead and Fury is gone.  It definitely wasn't worth $4.99.  But, I give Latour credit for trying.  If anything, my main problem with the issue was Cisic's difficulty in distinguishing between Fury and Stark, but, after all the water under the bridge on this event, it's a minor complaint.

** (two of five stars)

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