New Challengers, Vol. 1

Posted on 11 September 2019 by Scott Snyder

Spinning out of the best selling Dark Nights Metal epic comes New Challengers, a group of fearless explorers who will uncover the worst and weirdest the DC Universe has to offer.A new team of misfits are given a second chance at life by the mysterious figure The Professor but only if they re willing to explore the most unknown reaches of the universe Seeking a set of powerful artifacts, the team must defeat a rival group of explorers to combine them or the world as we know it could end.From legendary artist Andy Kubert Batman The Dark Knight Master Race and writer Scott Snyder Dark Nights Metal, Batman , New Challengers emerges as one of the flagship titles of the New Age of Heroes Collects issues 1 6.The DC Universe just got bigger In the New Age of Heroes, DC introduces a bold new line of comics starring a thrilling array of heroes some you know, some you may have glimpsed in the pages of Dark Nights Metal They embody a spirit of epic, adventurous bravery the kind you may remember from another era, but updated in an exciting way for today Illustrated by DC s Master Class of artists, including legendary names like Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr., Ivan Reis, Tony S Daniel and others, these new series are great entry points for new readers and a welcome addition for longtime fans of the DC library Best Read eBook New Challengers, Vol. 1 author Scott Snyder – kino-fada.fr What a cluttered mess of a book The writing is so obtuse I couldn t follow what was happening half the time Even the art was poor The characters all looked the same The action didn t flow What a wasted opportunity All they had to do was follow the same setup as previous Challengers series and this time have them investigate incursions from the dark multiverse Instead there was this convoluted plot with multiple incarnations of people The art made it impossible to tell who was who The What a cluttered mess of a book The writing is so obtuse I couldn t follow what was happening half the time Even the art was poor The characters all looked the same The action didn t flow What a wasted opportunity All they had to do was follow the same setup as previous Challengers series and this time have them investigate incursions from the dark multiverse Instead there was this convoluted plot with multiple incarnations of people The art made it impossible to t...A overly complex, unfocused mess of a book.World The art is not good, there is not difference between the team of characters and the action is not framed in a way to be easy to follow, it s messy, choppy and sometimes a mystery of what s going on The faces of the characters are lost in the armor that constantly changes without reason and is a plot fixing suit that annoys The world building here is also a mes...You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.DC Comics The New Age of Heroes line up is drawing to an end with multiple runs getting axed and leaving those stories unfinished as their quality wasn t up to par with anyone s standards and as they had a tough time to truly find a niche or a lifeline to hold onto With so many of the newly introduced characters and groups of superheroes presenting evident resemblances with Marvel s property, it was only a matter of time before things went You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.DC Comics The New Age of Heroes line up is drawing to an end with multiple runs getting axed and leaving those stories unfinished as their quality wasn t up to par with anyone s standards and as they had a tough time to truly find a niche or a lifeline to hold onto With so many of the newly introduced characters and groups of superheroes presenting evident resemblances with Marvel s property, it was only a matter of time before things went haywire and the ensemble of writers and artists were reallocated to muchsubstantial comic book ser...I m a big fan of the Challengers of the Unknown As a kid in the 70s I wanted to be a Chall This book cured me of both of those feelings.This is a clunky clich fest that doesn t make much sense For a comic book that features a weird mash up of science and magic, that s saying something These new characters are paper thin stock stereotypes, and the two women are drawn so similarly it s hard to tell them apart.There s some sort of computer program called the dark frequency that controls I m a big fan of the Ch...I have a soft spot for the Challengers and have read so many versions.I get what they were shooting for, but between the time they d waded through the crap from the last couple DC crossovers, done their world building and put the team through the bad thing that would forge them into an actual team, nobody cared and the ongoing got turned into a mini.Love the attempt to mesh the weirdness of the old school Chals and this new team, but again it s built on an event comic I did not read, and by the I have a soft spot for the Challengers and have read so many versions.I get what they were shooting for, but between the time they d waded through the crap from the last couple DC crossovers, done their world building and put the team through the bad thing that would forge them into an actual team, nobody cared and the ongoing got turned into a mini.Love the attempt to mesh the weirdness of the old school Chals and this new team, but again it s built...Kinda disappointing.2I knew nothing about this book and was merely checking it out thanks to Snyder s name attached I had mentioned to a friend I was keen to read another book about The Challengers of the Unknown, and you could imagine my surprise on issue 2 This wasn t the strongest book I have read from DC and I ve found the latest range after Rebirth has been quite mixed Why the 2 This is a messy book and while I enjoyed the action, the story was all over the place I hope someone takes another swipe at this 2I knew nothing about this book and was merely checking it out thanks to Snyder s name attached I had mentioned to a friend I was keen to read another book about The Challengers of the Unknown, and you could imagine my surprise on issue 2 This wasn t the strongest book I have read from DC ...What a hot mess this book is It s cluttered, clunky, and clich d in a way that, rather than feeding on nostalgia for the previous Challengers books, just throws ideas at you haphazardly and resembles a tie in for a toy line from the 80s.I don t know if this would play better if I had read the Dar...Like most universe events this is a piece of the puzzle, or event, if you will It has obvious external storytelling pressures from the publisher First, reintroduce the Challengers of the Unknown concept Second, introduce new characters that appeal to new readers Third, reveal new aspects of the Challengers Finally, make it fit into the overarching story event While New Challengers makes good on the first two goals, the third and fourth don t really stand out as having been done Most of Like most universe events this is a piece of the puzzle, or event, if you will...Really lacks character and direction.

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11 September 2019

Scott Snyder