#266 Ant-Man: Season One (2012)

Author: Tom Defalco & Horacio Dominques
Title: Ant-Man: Season One
Genre: Graphic Novel
Year: 2012
Pages: 130
Origin: read on the iPad
Nod Rating: 1 nod out of 5

 

The Worm is a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series of movies recently released. Using less heavily induced nerd-language, this basically means the many hero action movies spewed out into cinemas over the past few years. Yes, you know the names by now: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and even the mighty Thor. But in 2015 there will be a new hero in town: Ant-Man.

Ant-Man doesn’t have quite the same attraction to it as perhaps Batman does. However, the Worm was intrigued by the film and its creative force of Edgar Wright (he who directed the “Cornetto” trilogy of British films alongside Simon Pegg). It led the Worm to attempt a read into the back-story of Ant-Man, and where better than Ant-Man: Season One.

Well, it would appear, there are many better places to start. The reader follows Dr Hank Pym as he discovers the power to reduce and increase his size, as well as communicate with ants. Unfortunately, this story offers little to stoke up the interest in the casual reader, resulting in a lack of depth. The art-work is acceptable enough, but in a market that has strengthened with serious writers and artists, this particular offering appears to be nothing more than yet another cash-in for the Marvel brand.

All of which is a shame, as the Worm wished to delve into this character before next year’s movie was released. But just as the read was finished the news was announced that Wright was to be leaving the production; the Worm’s interest soon waned in the whole operation. He leaves this review providing 1 nod for a basic story that appears rushed and unloved. The Worm hopes that 2015’s movie will fare better.