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       KISS Kompendium - Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley (2009)
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 5, 2013, 4:40 pm
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       Disappointed is the word that comes to mind with KISS
       Kompendium. The main reason why I picked it up in the first
       place was A) I'm a huge fan of KISS and B) I'm a huge fan of
       Angel Medina. The idea of turning the KISS characters into
       characters not of this world, a creation that serves itself
       well. I certainly like the idea of using them as 'God-like'
       beings that were more supernatural in presentation instead of
       the typical 'KISS guys turn into superheroes and battle
       monsters' angle that the first couple of comics took. It was
       hokey and just didn't work for me.
       So, the idea of this new take would fly right? Well, yes and no.
       I like the new direction of where they took the characters, but
       I thought the writing was beyond sub-par with no foresight in
       creating some sort of mythology for the 'Four as one. The art by
       Angel and his successor Clayton Crain was fantastic and the one
       area where the original issues of Psycho Circus shined. It's the
       writing that truly cripples itself in the end. First off, there
       are far too many stand alone issues. Granted there were a few
       that had two part stories. But as a whole, there really was no
       connection from one issue to the next, so it never was building
       toward something much larger, which is what I was hoping to get.
       Also, the writing itself was somewhat of a rehash and too
       similar to Spawn and not even close to being as good either.
       The issues that came after the final installment of Psycho
       Circus was really bad, both in writing as well as art. It was
       enough for me to decide to throw in the towel and not bother
       trying to finish the book. No need to mention how weak the first
       two issues are that open the book. It was from the 70's so I can
       give it a pass. Kinda. The book is worth a Rent from the Library
       if you're looking for some cool art to feast your eyes on. Just
       don't expect much of anything else. 3 Stars out of 5.
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