
Review Soundtrack: I suggest reading this review while listening to Hello by Lionel Ritchie (Spotify, YouTube).
Time for another installment of my short reviews of comic-books! Today, I'll briefly comment my impressions after reading Dark Engine Volume 1: The Art of Destruction, Start Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever and Mind the Gap Volume 1: Intimate Strangers. The bottom line is that, sadly, I didn't enjoy any of them very much.
This first volume of Dark Engine collects issues one to four, written by Ryan Burton and illustrated by John Bivens. When I read the synopsis (that involves alchemists, magic and time travel) I thought it really intriguing, but then I was very disappointed with the actual content of the book. The plot is unclear and uninteresting and the art does not help in following the story: confusing and with dark colors, I didn't find it to my taste. I can't recommend this comic-book and I, for one, am not interested in reading the next volume.

I have never been a Star Trek fan (I've only watched a couple of the movies and the odd episode here and there) and this book is a perfect example of why. The plot of The City on the Edge of Forever is exactly the opposite of Dark Engine: simple, naive and predictable. The art by Juan Ortiz and J.K. Woodward, is excellent, but doesn't make up for the dull story. Recommended only to hard-core trekkies, I'm afraid.

For a book that relies on creating mysteries, the pace is too slow and there some conflicts and potential twists that are hint at but not shown clearly, resulting in a somewhat bland storyline. This volume collects issues one to five and in the last ones the plot seems to me more focused, with a nice cliffhanger at the end of episode 5. For that only, I think I might give a try to the next volume, but it is not high among my priorities.
All in all, three comic-books that disappointed me for different reasons and that I think you can skip without missing too much. Mind the Gap shows some potential, so you might want to take a look at it to see if it catches your interest, but be warned that it is not especially outstanding. I hope to be more lucky with my next comic-book readings.
(You can also read this review in Spanish/También puedes leer esta reseña en español)
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