Tony Isabella, columnist for Comics Buyer's Guide, and in the interests of full disclosure, a good friend, has reviewed Love and Capes #6.
Thom Zahler’s Love and Capes is the best super-hero comic book being published today. It downplays the action to concentrate on personable characters, the romance that binds them, and the loving humor that makes their relationship so much fun.
Accountant Mark is secretly the Crusader, the world’s greatest hero. Independent bookstore owner and operator Abby is Mark‘s true love and vice versa. The alien Amazonia is an old girlfriend who, in Love and Capes #6 [Maerkle Press; $3.95], does a signing for her new tell-all book at Abby’s store. In 24 vibrantly-colored pages,
Zahler explores Mark’s past, reveals volumes about his character, and leaves us with a satisfying ending that will make readers eager for the next issue.The writing, art, editorial material, production values, there isn’t anything Zahler doesn’t do exceedingly well in this series. He’s taking a bit of a break between the this issue and the next, but here’s hoping he’s encouraged to come back a little sooner when he finds out he just got five out of five Tonys.
I’d give him six, but those smiling Tony heads aren’t cheap. Maybe I should outsource them to China.