A review by hollowspine
Dial H, Vol. 2: Exchange by China Miéville, Alberto Ponticelli, Dan Green
4.0
Well, it turns out that China Miéville is awesome at super hero comics. If I were an artist, I would love to work with him, the heroes are an uncommon lot, though there are a couple big names thrown around, most characters are completely new creations, and the artists really bring them to life.
Looking past the great character ideas and art, the storyline is also interesting and exciting. Miéville is able to weave a story that is complex and complicated, with a dozen different characters, yet still keep the momentum moving forward. Obviously I don't read a lot of super hero comics, and when I do I'm often blown away by the soap opera-ish web of relationships, vendettas, plots and side-switching, other unoriginal re-hashing of the world's oldest plots.
Dial H takes the best of that and leaves the other bits behind.
Too bad it was cancelled, DC lost a potential new fan base, not to mention a great writer.
Looking past the great character ideas and art, the storyline is also interesting and exciting. Miéville is able to weave a story that is complex and complicated, with a dozen different characters, yet still keep the momentum moving forward. Obviously I don't read a lot of super hero comics, and when I do I'm often blown away by the soap opera-ish web of relationships, vendettas, plots and side-switching, other unoriginal re-hashing of the world's oldest plots.
Dial H takes the best of that and leaves the other bits behind.
Too bad it was cancelled, DC lost a potential new fan base, not to mention a great writer.