Three 'missed the boat' things.
1. Here's where I got to be harsh. Red Ten's 'fictitious superhero universe' (in that it doesn't share anything with The Big Two) draws unavoidable parallels with The Watchmen. But with Alan Moore I got a sense of dread, and an overarching theme of failure and catastrophe, like there were real consequences. Didn't sense that here.
2. The fight scenes. This is where my biases lie, because the Gold Standard is something like Kirby or Ditko. Cesar might've tried to be more adventurous in showing the true power and devastation of the fight scenes.
3. The drawing of children. This is always hard to bring down. But surely Cesar's flashback scenes when they were kids gets a bit cringe worthy. He needs to pick up one of those 'how to draw women, men and children' books at the art supply store.
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