author: Keith Champagne
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2014/03/30
date added: 2014/03/30
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
The Bionic Man Vs. The Bionic Woman and it's great cover seem to promise one of those epic battles that you used to find in comics in the 1970s in giant sized comics (anyone remember Muhammad Ali Vs. Superman?). In those stories, 2 heroes were pitted against each other, and through some sort of misunderstanding found themselves fighting against each other. There is a little of that here, but it might have been better to advertise the book for what it really is.
Trench, a hulking bionic villain, must survive on harvesting live organs from victims. This puts him on a killing spree where his victims are left with body cavities open and their hearts missing. When Steve Austin, aka The Bionic Man, is sent in, the cops with him are killed and he goes missing. Enter, Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman, who is on the trail. It turns out Trench, besides being cruel, is also radioactive. Steve and Jaime are forced to fight each other to save their lives.
Art by Jose Luis was good, but I just didn't care about the story. Bionic limbs are ripped off and replaced so easily, that I wonder why there aren't a whole army of Bionic people in this iteration of the story. If so, why are there only 2 to fight this hulking menace. That was another problem. Trench is so huge and oversized while everyone else isn't. He just doesn't fit in with the rest of this world. He moves around a lot, but it seems like a vehicle large enough for him to travel in would be awfully conspicuous. I know I'm being petty, and that probably tells you how uninterested I was in the story.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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