The first creepy storyline is off to a pretty good start, with the slowly-coalescing Patrol investigating a weird cult in the Caribbean - and, as the cover attests, Cliff seems to get devoured by a dude who is a gateway to the Lovecraftian Old Ones. It's really pretty cool. As I say, I'm trying to approach this run more evenly, and it's certainly delivering a weird, almost-horror vibe in the first two issues.
Some of the dialogue is a bit hard to swallow. This is a similar era of comics to the Claremont/Silvestri X-Men, with it's endless soliloquies and internal monologues, and Paul Kupperberg is tapping into a bit of that. There was also far too much recap at the beginning for a second issue. If someone is reading the second one, chances are they read the first one and it's pretty fresh in their heads. But as he's blasting away at bad guys, Tempest has to give us a complete play-by-play of the previous issue. Mr. Kupperberg has said himself that he was still learning the art of writing comics, and there's definitely moments in this issue that that's apparent.
It's still the Doom Patrol, so I'm still enjoying it, but it's a bit too bright, I think. This story would be a lot more creepy and Patrol-esque if it's palette were a little darker.
More to follow.
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