matteldritch92's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
cemeterygates's review
4.0
A fun pulpy read. Worth it just for the bonus materials of the Agents' first appearances from the 40s and 50s.
birdmanseven's review
3.0
I was only familiar with Jimmy Woo from his appearances in Ant-Man & the Wasp and WandaVision. I don't remember having bumped into him in comics ever. Atlas sees and aging Jimmy Woo rebooted as his younger, 1950s-era self. The story is entertaining enough, and I do like the 50s callbacks, but it still feels a little like if Doom Patrol was a network television series in 2003. It didn't grab me, but the premise is interesting. I might check back in later on.
marc_lucke's review
4.0
This could have been an alienating deep dive into comics history, but it manages to stay charming and fresh throughout. Excavating obscure, decades-old characters and bringing them into the modern world is ambitious and fraught with all kinds of literary and political pitfalls. Parker addresses the racism and xenophobia which underwrote so many stories from the 1950s, contextualizes them in-universe, reclaims the characters and manages to craft a nice little action/suspense yarn while doing so.
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