Metamorpho: The Element Man #2

[scarletneedle]

Source AIPT (https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/17/dc-preview-metamorpho-the-element-man-3/)

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THE DCU’S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR: METAMORPHO?!

They said it could never happen! But it’s real, hideously real — Rex Mason has split with Sapphire Stagg! Metamorpho’s a swingin’ single superhero again…but why hasn’t Element Gal made her move? Can it be because the Lady From S.H.A.D.E. is busy with a deadly secret mission–one she can only complete with the help of… Java? What gives, Metamaniacs? All this and Vandal Savage too — as only Al Ewing and Steve Leiber could depict him!

Writer: Al Ewing
Artist: Steve Lieber, Lee Loughridge
Release Date: January 22, 2025

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[EsseJi]

Un peu dépité des critiques qui descendent ce titre car "trop retro et pas assez dans l'air du temps".
C'est au contraire tout ce que j'aime.

[scarletneedle]

Surtout que c'est assumé et que c'était annoncé.
A croire qu'ils n'ont pas fait la maxi-série sur Jimmy Olsen...

[EsseJi]

Non, faut que ça soit du Ultimate-Absolute avec des versions badass des persos.

[scarletneedle]

Pas comme si l'offre était pauvre, il y en a pour tous les goûts et c'est tant mieux.

Il y en a vraiment qui se plaignent pour ça avec Metamorpho??

[EsseJi]

Sur League of Comic Geeks c'est assez mitigé, mais on peut y trouver ce genre de commentaires ->

I feel like there's a difference between paying homage to the original series and then there's whatever happened here. The writing style just doesn't work well for me in 2025, it's cringy at times.

As much as I love reading older comics, I don’t always love comics that try to throwback to past eras as they tend to over do it and become more of a parody of what they’re inspired by than honorous, and that’s kind of where this ended up for me.

The old school dialogue style and hyper goofy resolution to the plot was just too much for me. I didn’t really find it endearing and the art was just middling.

[scarletneedle]

Heureusement, il y en a qui ont l'esprit plus large :

https://13thdimension.com/if-you-love-classic-comics-then-you-must-read-dcs-new-metamorpho/