From the unread comics stack: Another Free Comic Book Day book, this one from Viper Comics in 2008.
Title: Viper Comics Presents: Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits
Publisher: Viper Comics
Date: April, 2008
Writer: Dwight MacPherson, James M. Burns
Artist: Worth Cowell, Erik Valdez Y Alanis
Colorist: Kevin Conley, Ramon Espinoza
Cover: Jack Lawrence
Two stories here, both involving teams of young characters in detective-style scenarios. In Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits, the main character is a young Harry Houdini in the late 1800s, who has run away from home and (not entirely willingly) joined the circus, where he leads a group of young freakshow performers who solve mysteries for the price of a silver dollar.
Most of the story here is setup. It feels like there is a lot of potential, but there isn't enough space in this book to get much character depth, and the action of the story barely gets started before we move on to the second feature. It's still a fairly effective tease of the larger story to come.
The second segment is The Sleepy Truth, which is set in modern times and again features a team of child detectives. In this case they are more in the paranormal investigations line, and they get a call about a legendary lake monster that has a connection to their past. Once again, this is more hints of things to come than any substantive story, but there are some aspects of the story that held my interest.
Both features showed potential, but neither one was spectacularly impressive.
Rating: 6/10
Title: Viper Comics Presents: Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar MisfitsPublisher: Viper Comics
Date: April, 2008
Writer: Dwight MacPherson, James M. Burns
Artist: Worth Cowell, Erik Valdez Y Alanis
Colorist: Kevin Conley, Ramon Espinoza
Cover: Jack Lawrence
Two stories here, both involving teams of young characters in detective-style scenarios. In Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits, the main character is a young Harry Houdini in the late 1800s, who has run away from home and (not entirely willingly) joined the circus, where he leads a group of young freakshow performers who solve mysteries for the price of a silver dollar.
Most of the story here is setup. It feels like there is a lot of potential, but there isn't enough space in this book to get much character depth, and the action of the story barely gets started before we move on to the second feature. It's still a fairly effective tease of the larger story to come.
The second segment is The Sleepy Truth, which is set in modern times and again features a team of child detectives. In this case they are more in the paranormal investigations line, and they get a call about a legendary lake monster that has a connection to their past. Once again, this is more hints of things to come than any substantive story, but there are some aspects of the story that held my interest.
Both features showed potential, but neither one was spectacularly impressive.
Rating: 6/10
