General Information
Title: Civil War: The Confession
Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Illustrator(s): Alex Maleev and Jose Villarrubia
Original Publication Date: Cover date May, 2007.
Cover Price: $2.99 US, $3.75 Can
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Premise
Tony Stark opens up to a very private audience.
High Point
"Well, sir, if I may speak freely, he's kind of a --"
Low Point
Haven't we read all of this before? In the last two weeks?
The Scores
As I alluded to in the Low Point, this
doesn't feel original because all of the character work has been
revealed and discussed in other issues in the past two weeks. There's one
panel worth of reveal that's actually new, though it's easy to guess. I
give it 2 out of 6.
The artwork is by Maleev. Very stylized,
and very static, as usual. I give it 4 out of 6.
The story is minimal. We've got a
twelve page monologue and a six page rant. The other four pages have
people walking from one place to another. I give it 3 out of 6.
The characterization is what
this is all about. It's all been revealed elsewhere, but it's still well
done. I give it 5 out of 6.
The emotional response
would have been higher had I been a casual reader in the crossover, and
this had been new to me. As it is, I give it 3 out of 6.
The flow is hard to botch up when people just
sit and talk. Moving back in time does work nicely, though. I give it 5
out of 6.
Overall, it's not a bad issue, but
it won't show you much you haven't seen if you've read Civil War:
Frontline and Civil War: The Initiative. I give it 4 out
of 6.
In total, receives 26 out of 42.
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