Stan Lee Boom Titles

cgenro · Post by **cgenro** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:25 am

I was wondering what everyones general thoughts are on these titles now that we are a few months in. I just sat down and read the first 6 or 7 issues of each series and overall I am enjoying them.

Traveler - While I originally liked this series I feel it is not really going in a direction that I enjoy. I though the first few issues really worked but this latest storyline with the space prison (Irredeemable anyone??) I though was pretty weak. I`m a big fan of Mark Waid but I`m not sure this series is really working for me.

Soldier Zero - I wasn`t a fan of this series at all at the beginning as I found the dialogue to be a little cliche. As well the whole I`m stuck in a wheelchair thing don`t feel sorry for me just didn`t work. But as we`ve gotten further away from that I feel the story has really picked up. Definitely my favorite of the three.

Starborn - I think this is a fun series especially with the recent twist even though I saw it a mile away. Out of the three it seems to be the most light hearted. It will be interesting to see where the series goes from here.

Also I believe that in July all these characters are crossing over into each others books so obviously there is a bigger picture to this universe. I did notice that Soldier Zero and The Traveler are connected as they have both featured the Split Second Men. I will probably give these titles at least 12 issues each before deciding if I want to continue with them.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:57 am

My feelings of the 3 almost exactly mirror yours, Chris!!!

Even though a Waid fan, Traveler has been "striking my fancy" less & less. Soldier Zero has been picking up, and my fave is Starborn!

abysslord · Post by **abysslord** » Tue May 31, 2011 11:35 am

Soldier Zero and Starborn are 100% agreement with you too. Soldier Zero is picking up nicely, even though I thought the the "app 15", "app18" was pretty stupid.

Traveler, though, I disagree a little as I'm still loving the series the same, if not more. The first story arc was brilliant, but I think Waid needed to go in a completely different direction to keep things fresh. I will say at first I thought "Wow, where's he going with this?" but I've learned never to lose faith in Waid. Even when he does things that I find unwelcome [like moving Plutonian away from Earth], it turns out to be a great idea and becomes a great story. So I'm thinking Traveler will do the same.