Scans_Daily

On the one hand, that's fair -- it's basically giving you what the title says it's going to give you, and if that's all you want, fair enough.

On the other hand, though, even for a schlocky action fest, it just seems a bit too... easy. I mean, okay, an schlocky action comic where Frank Castle figures out how to overcome the many handicaps he has against the powerful beings of the Marvel Universe in order to take them out, I can see that being interesting; one lone man with a gun vs. walking gods, there's a challenge there. I can see the appeal of this comic.

But I can't imagine even people who just want to read a schlocky action-fest where Frank Castle kills all the Marvel superheroes being particularly satisfied by seeing Frank somehow contrive a reason to get all the X-Men on the moon just so he can drop a nuke on them, or shoot Captain America in the back because Captain America's dumb enough to turn his back on someone who's trying to kill him. That's not a schlocky action-fest, that smacks more of an author coming up with slightly lazy handwaves so his pet character can win a fight that deep down he knows he's outclassed in.

I mean, at least when authors have Batman fight Superman they usually give him a Kryptonite power-suit or have him something to even the odds. They at least pay lip-service to the fact that Batman would otherwise be totally outclassed if he didn't do something to level the playing field a bit. This is just Ennis doing his "hyper-competent man who does what needs to be done" thing without ever really justifying it in this case.