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Deathlok (1999) #1-11
Deathlok: Rage Against the Machine
Meet Jack Truman, the highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. operative known as Agent 18. A fateful encounter with Cable is about to land him square in the sights of Project: Deathlok, a S.H.I.E.L.D. initiative so secret that even Nick Fury is in the dark about it! But when the Red Skull strikes the Helicarrier in an attack that draws the X-Men into battle, Agent Truman is transformed into the all-new, all-different Deathlok! S.H.I.E.L.D. has upgraded Truman's body - but what happened to his mind? Find out as the far-out brain of Joe Casey and the cinematically violent pencil of Leonardo Manco reinvent Marvel's favorite unstoppable killer cyborg for the 21st century!
COLLECTING : Cable (1993) 59-62, Uncanny X-Men (1963) 371, X-Men (1991) 91, X-Men Annual '99, Deathlok (1999) 1-11, material from Cable (1993) 58
COLLECTING : Cable (1993) 59-62, Uncanny X-Men (1963) 371, X-Men (1991) 91, X-Men Annual '99, Deathlok (1999) 1-11, material from Cable (1993) 58
456 pages, Paperback
First published February 24, 2015
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Joe Casey
976 books87 followersLibrarian note: there is more than one author with this name
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey
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January 27, 2025
See? This is what happens when you get old. You forget that you read stuff. Apparently, before I quit GR the last time, I read this and reviewed it.
And, in my humble opinion, I was bang on. Here's my review from September of 2021:
Come on Goodreads, there's gotta be a way to rate something with negative stars. Stars that the damn reading material owes me.
Because this steaming pile of pages owes me some hours of my life back.
I don't know who Joe Casey is, but hopefully he's found more meaningful work in an all-night variety store, because he can't plot a story worth a shit. And this new take on Deathlok? Yes, he clearly states it's a complete departure from the classic Deathlok, but this thing ain't even worthy of being a C-level supporting character, much less the headliner of it's own book.
We're supposed to believe that Jack Truman, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 18, is the best Manhunter they've got. Yet nowhere in the Marvel universe has he ever shown up prior to this, and when he does, he is a drooling maniac that just wants a good fight, and pretty much levels Hell's Kitchen to fight Cable, because, for whatever reason, he seems to think Cable's the ultimate match for him. He completely goes rogue, just like every single other S.H.I.E.L.D. agent under Joe Casey's keyboard. Seriously, does ANYone follow orders in S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Even better, this entire four-issue fight is drawn by some cheap-ass bargain-basement Kirby wannabe called Ladronn. I have two words for Ladronn's art. It sucks.
And then our hero Jack Truman turns into some cheap-ass, bargain-basement version of Deathlok, and suddenly becomes a lot less of a drooling maniac. Visits a sister for an issue, then she's forgotten. Fights a fucking clown.
A. Clown.
At least Ladronn was jettisoned, but then we got Leonardo Manco, who is a knock-off Jim Steranko/Paul Gulacy wannabe, who draws virtually every single male with the same face, and fills each panel with so much line work that it's impossible to determine precisely what is happening.
The Nineties were a dark goddamn time for Marvel.
I spent five entire dollars on this piece of crap, and that's at least ten bucks too much. Steer clear.
And, in my humble opinion, I was bang on. Here's my review from September of 2021:
Come on Goodreads, there's gotta be a way to rate something with negative stars. Stars that the damn reading material owes me.
Because this steaming pile of pages owes me some hours of my life back.
I don't know who Joe Casey is, but hopefully he's found more meaningful work in an all-night variety store, because he can't plot a story worth a shit. And this new take on Deathlok? Yes, he clearly states it's a complete departure from the classic Deathlok, but this thing ain't even worthy of being a C-level supporting character, much less the headliner of it's own book.
We're supposed to believe that Jack Truman, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 18, is the best Manhunter they've got. Yet nowhere in the Marvel universe has he ever shown up prior to this, and when he does, he is a drooling maniac that just wants a good fight, and pretty much levels Hell's Kitchen to fight Cable, because, for whatever reason, he seems to think Cable's the ultimate match for him. He completely goes rogue, just like every single other S.H.I.E.L.D. agent under Joe Casey's keyboard. Seriously, does ANYone follow orders in S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Even better, this entire four-issue fight is drawn by some cheap-ass bargain-basement Kirby wannabe called Ladronn. I have two words for Ladronn's art. It sucks.
And then our hero Jack Truman turns into some cheap-ass, bargain-basement version of Deathlok, and suddenly becomes a lot less of a drooling maniac. Visits a sister for an issue, then she's forgotten. Fights a fucking clown.
A. Clown.
At least Ladronn was jettisoned, but then we got Leonardo Manco, who is a knock-off Jim Steranko/Paul Gulacy wannabe, who draws virtually every single male with the same face, and fills each panel with so much line work that it's impossible to determine precisely what is happening.
The Nineties were a dark goddamn time for Marvel.
I spent five entire dollars on this piece of crap, and that's at least ten bucks too much. Steer clear.
December 17, 2017
I was hoping for more from this series, but alas. I did enjoy seeing Ladronn doing his best Kirby impersonation on the Cable issues introducing the character of Jack Truman, and I enjoyed the issues Leonardo Manco did art on.
The actual Deathlok series never really got a chance, though. I think Casey's opening arc was a bad choice, and by the time he got around to telling the story we all wanted to see (Deathlok and SHIELD espionage stuff), it was too late. The three initial issues were nonsense, then there was four issues of faffing around with ex-Serpent Society members and a sister we never hear from again, and finally a proper story arc in the final four issues that Casey should have gotten to much earlier. A wasted opportunity, frankly.
The actual Deathlok series never really got a chance, though. I think Casey's opening arc was a bad choice, and by the time he got around to telling the story we all wanted to see (Deathlok and SHIELD espionage stuff), it was too late. The three initial issues were nonsense, then there was four issues of faffing around with ex-Serpent Society members and a sister we never hear from again, and finally a proper story arc in the final four issues that Casey should have gotten to much earlier. A wasted opportunity, frankly.
September 4, 2021
This book technically spun out of the "Marvel Tech" imprint that was focusing on AI within the Marvel Universe (it failed, and later attempts such as "Livewires" and Avengers AI" seemed to have failed as well).
But this is a continuation of Joe Casey's Jack Truman character from his Cable run. It has some great art with Leonardo Manco, Eric Canete, Matt Smith etc. The art is GREAT particularly with the moody coloring. It's doing a mad Terminator-riff with some espionage as well. It's got that "coereced into being a SHIELD lapdog angle".
But this is a continuation of Joe Casey's Jack Truman character from his Cable run. It has some great art with Leonardo Manco, Eric Canete, Matt Smith etc. The art is GREAT particularly with the moody coloring. It's doing a mad Terminator-riff with some espionage as well. It's got that "coereced into being a SHIELD lapdog angle".
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