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Posted on February 26, 2020 by Ray Goldfield • 0 Comments
Leviathan Dawn #1 — Brian Michael Bendis, Writer; Alex Maleev, Artist
Ratings: Ray — 8/10
Ray: I wasn’t the biggest fan of the original Event Leviathan series, thinking it suffered from odd pacing, too much of the action happening off-screen, and the villain reveal coming out of nowhere. But now that Mark Shaw has been unmasked as the mysterious Leviathan, Leviathan Dawn #1, a prequel issue to the next chapter, hits the right notes as the opening chapter to a spy-themed event.
Steve Trevor has been locked up under suspicion of being Leviathan since the attacks, and as the issue opens he’s rescued from captivity by a mysterious new spy only known as Kingsley Jacobs. I’ve looked up this character and I don’t find any history of them, so I’m thinking they’re probably a new version of King Faraday or inspired by them. From there, the two old hands at spycraft begin a recruitment issue around the DCU, as Mark Shaw escalates his war against the social order. Shaw is positioning himself as a champion of the underdog, but he seems far too much of a megalomaniac for that to be believable. Like most villains.
