There must have genuinely high hopes when Marvel launched this title. Look at the cover and the amount they must have spent to get that painted effect going on. The story is written by a younger Tom deFalco with art by JRJR before he got to his current signature style and the cover unashamedly plugged all the guest stars that will be featuring from Spider-man to X-Men and Avengers with forthcoming villainess Enchantress (Thor). So if this book doesn't sell well, something is seriously wrong, right?
Artwise for the interior as a product of its time, it is okay and acceptable although I prefer JRJR when he hit the Uncanny X-Men or even when he was doing first round of Iron Man
And in terms of storyline, it is again adequate as it actually spends time laying down the background of how Dazzler came to be where she is i.e. she was a well brought up girl with a lawyer for a dad whose mom is not around and she was constantly in sad state or should we say depression? Hehehe
And her one love is singing ... so while performing one fine day, she got whacked by mutanthood and her powers blossomed blinding many people ... so from confusion to terrified to scared is how she developed
The one weak thing here is the way the scene jumps from current to flash back and that there is no difference in art or colour style so if you are to flip through casually it can be quite confusing
As for the gaggle of guest stars, well basically we see Dazzler going for audition to be a star of a new club and all her friends who are super heroes are keen to go support from Spider-Man to the X-Men and as for the Avengers, it is because of the Beast. How does the Enchantress get into the mix? She has her own plans to do something nasty and as part of that, she actually went to audition and lost to Dazzler at the same event. Hence you know in the next issue there is going to be the usual fisticuffs which ... means ... that this issue the only super powers we see is the opening act where Dazzler is fighting against thugs ... we know, we know ...
Ratings: 6/10
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