Lobo
Chad Burdette
Recap
The Eisner-nominated creative team that brought you a fantastic parable of adolescence in the Midwest, the story of an artist who embraces darkness a little too closely, and the tale of a gunslinger with too much grit to stay buried brings you a classic yarn spun in the star-kissed threads of the cosmic DC Universe.
Show business and Lobo had concussive creative differences, so he and Dawg are back to bounty hunting! But the trade's been... professionalized since the universe's premier entertainment corporation took over, and Lobo has to get relicensed, which means a psych eval with an alien empath.
Bad news for them, good news for Czarnian history buffs, who'll get a new peek at the twilight of the civilization (a.k.a. Lobo's childhood) and the first appearance of a heretofore unknown Green Lantern!
Review
Lobo #3 takes a breather as The Main Main learns that he must renew his bounty hunter certification to remain a member of the Intergalactic Bounty Union, which requires a pysch evaluation.
In true Lobo fashion, the answers given hit all the right comedic beats leading up to the origin of his love of Space Dolphins, the only thing that brings him joy, aside from killing and maiming of course…hence a flashback story.
The flashback sees a change in art and colorist as Nichole Baldari takes over these duties, giving the story a softer and more cartoony style. In this interlude, Young digs deep into Lobo’s history, using Mrs. Tibbs, the fourth grade teacher, who would go on to write a book about Lobo and who he eventually is hired by Vril Dox II to transport to prison.
While on a class field trip, Lobo falls in love with Space Dolphins, and encounters a Mauve Lantern and as one should expect, chaos and mayhem ensue. This flashback also plays on the Lil’ Lobo part of his history. Young also gets some nice tounge-in-cheek commentary from the Green Lantern about The Guardians dabbling with emotional spectrums other than willpower.
This issue is a nice break from the first two issues which were hardcore old-school Lobo, while maintaining the humor and crassness that is expected from the character and title. Next issue should be interesting as Supergirl is scheduled to stop by … most likely to build on the Supergirl movie which is understandable and should be another fun issue.
Final Thoughts
Lobo #3 is a nice break from the first two issues which were hardcore old-school Lobo, while maintaining the humor and crassness that is expected from the character and title.
Lobo
- Writing - 9/109/10
- Storyline - 8.5/108.5/10
- Art - 10/1010/10
- Color - 9/109/10
- Cover Art - 9/109/10
