First off, let me tell you where I'm coming from with my reviews. This way you have something to base your reading of my reviews on.
I collect a gambit of comic genres; Marvel and DC mainstream stuff, Marvel's Icon, DC's Vertigo (my favorite overall), DC's Wildstorm, Image including Top Cow, IDW, Devil's Due, Zenescope, Dark Horse and several other Indys.
Here are examples of what I enjoy and think are really well done comics and would give high appraise: 'Y the Last Man, Walking Dead, 30 days of Night (first mini), Scalped, DMZ, Conan, Red Sonja, Mice Templar, Fell, Vinyl Underground, Captain America, Iron Fist, Ultimate Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Proof, Grimm Fairy Tales, Star Wars: Legacy, Witchblade, The Magdalena (my favorite character of all time), Pax Romana, Sojourn, Batman. There are more, but this should give you some idea of what I'm looking for in my comics.
One reviewer's opinion will not be the same as the next, thus I've provided you with the types of reading I like and enjoy. That is what I base my reviews on. If you read the above information and do not enjoy the same things as I, then my reviews will be garbage to you. So reviews, in my opinion are all relative to the reviewer's and the reader's taste.
Second, my reviews will be the culmination of stars between 1 and 5 (5 being the best) averaged over the subjects listed below.
Now, here we go...
Title: Fathom Vol. 3 #0
Cover:
Smoke'n hot cover! As always, Aspen knows how to grab the targeted market of teenage boys and young men. Grace your cover with scantly clad females. What can I say, it work. *****
Interior Art: Spot on!! Exactly what I enjoy about Aspen's products. Beautiful people and gorgeous atmospheres. *****
Story dialogue: Like the other volumes in Fathom's history imo. Not
a lot of dialogue and background provided, but just enough to keep you interested. Now if this company could produce a product like this
on time I would be more of a supporter. They produce awe inspiring issues, but somehow, someway (usually delays) continuously make me dissappointed in them overall. This volume appears to be picking up right where Vol. 2 left off... which is nice. Especially if you've read the past volumes I suppos. There is a brief mentioning of the past and what the future of this volume holds, so I guess that's exactly what a zero issue is suppose to be. ****
Letters and page Layout: Except for the blue lettered dialogue boxes which are extremely hard to read imo everything else was perfect. ****
Emotions invoked: Intrigue and fantastic. This world Aspen has created under the ocean's waves is truely awesome. Not in a highschooler's use of the word, but true to the word's roots. Awesome! ***
Rate: 4.0/5