Some thoughts about Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S. #1

Now that the Justice League is dead which heroes are left to face the menace of the Crime Syndicate?

Steve Trevor always had problems trusting others but started changing years ago when he first arrived on Paradise Island. Now that the supervillains are the dominant forces of earth Steve has no other choice but taking the role of leader for A.R.G.U.S. once again.

First things first, the direction of this series was obviously changed at the last minute. Most people know that Matt Kindt was originally set to write this miniseries but now he has been replaced by Sterling Gates who actually does a pretty good job at creating an intriguing story, we had the presence of a unknown threat aside from the Crime Syndicate, the reconstruction of A.R.G.U.S., the origin of Steve Trevor, not to mention that in the last page we see the return of a hero that was assumed as dead but not one that you may actually expect.

Now that we're touching the subject of creative changes, apparently they had to scrap some of Philip Tan's work and put Neil Edwards and Javier Pina to help him. I have to say that Pina's art is the best penciller on this issue, his style is pretty clean and appealing while Tan's tends to be a bit dark and overusing gestures, Edwards' is definitely the worst though, it looks pretty rushed and unpolished.

Anyway, this issue had great characterization, interesting story and nice surprise at the end. I'm a bit disappointed about the loss of Matt Kindt but Sterling Gates is a damn fine replacement.