The other day I was talking about the drawn-out manner in which these stories seem to play out. I've realized that the difference between what I see in these comics and what Ellis was attempting in Transmet is that nothing is added to the narrative of Supreme by drawing out these sequences. There's absolutely no reason that the battles with Thor and Khrome needed to take so much time. But what about the idea of story arcs, you may ask. Here's the thing: there's no arc to these multi-issue stories. In fact, there's very little story. Khrome comes to Earth and they fight. Thor comes to Earth and they fight. There are glimpses of back story happening in each issue, but that's basically background to a superpowered fight. The fight should come at the end of the arc, after the hero has discovered the villain's plan, or there has been some kind of development leading up to the confrontation. Instead, we get confrontation without build up. As I mentioned a few days back, Supreme lacks the weight of history that his inspiration has. Both Thor and Khrome have histories with Supreme that appear to warrant this level of violence, but we, the readers, aren't aware of that history. Or we are, but only slightly. Which is not enough to justify a 3-issue slugfest. One thing that more expert comics do is offer very clear context for violence - Supreme does not.
To be continued.
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