Writer: Sterling Gates
Artist: "Sigh" Rob Liefeld
I take that sigh back. The art is probably the strength of the book. Liefeld puts together a strong opening act, featuring the heroes battling some hired goons in a crashing plane over Washington DC. There's good symbolism in the characters' poses as they do battle . Hawk bristling with energy and Dove calm and cool. Sure there's some muscles where there are no muscles, but at least Dove poses like she has a spine. Yep, you've come a long way Rob. Still far to go.
The story is ok. There's a lot of dialogue from Hawk and Dove to other characters how they don't get along all that great. Hawk misses his dead brother, who used to be Dove. Dove is stressed that she has a secret about Hawk's brother. It's setting up to be an interesting story, but without good character arcs I don't know if this book has the legs to keep going.
I have the feeling that this might be good as a trade paperback but as a standalone issue it's not bad, but nothing really good either. Pick it up if you need a Liefeld fix or want to get all of the #1s.
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