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Cappuccio Rosso E I Fuorilegge N. 1 (2012)

by Scott Lobdell(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8866912212 (ISBN13: 9788866912217)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Lion

series

Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. I

review 1: (3.5 stars) This book reads like a tapered down superhero FIREFLY, with trio of broken crimefighters and heroes whose motives seem to stem from their past traumas, some external and some internal. While the climactic events of the story were a bit strained due to a lack of efficient development up front, the witty script by Scott Lobdell and the strikingly-detailed art by Kenneth Rocafort more than carried the arc and its re-introductions to the characters in a readable and enjoyable manner.Each of the three gets a traumatic backstory, but Lobdell is careful to keep them from waxing sentimental--harsh and troubling, certainly, but not sappy. Most of the story time is appropriately lent to establishing Jason Todd as a reluctant leader, using some swift flashbacks from Jud... mored Winnick's superb run on BATMAN back in 2005 that introduced the Red Hood as an anti-hero, and developing the central plot of the arc from the blanks that Winnick's arc left for later. We get some eastern mysticism along with our backstory, and with that the inevitable link to the al Ghul clan--Talia makes a fun cameo to keep it all in the Batman family, and Jason Todd's backstory melds pretty well with the core of the arc, and even though the climactic battle was anything but, the character story was quite good due to the development of the Red Hood as a reluctant leader.Starfire's appearance establishes her as an escapee from political imprisonment and slavery, and we catch up with her having embraced her Tamaranean royalty along with her independence and freedom on a desert island where she and Red Hood form a pair of sorts. The biggest unanswered plot questions are in her character, as her memory and past with Nightwing get a brief reference, and then dismissed, hopefully only for the time being. Lobdell and Rocafort characterize her independent self through a scanter costume, sexual agency, and a proclivity toward extreme violence that fully embraces the nature of her immense power. She acts decisively and extremely in most circumstances, and while her past remains confusing to the New 52 reader at this point, as a character she operates appreciably in stark contrast to the other two.Arsenal is estranged from Oliver Queen, a junkie whose destructive behavior leads him to take ill-advised risks. Like Starfire, he acts impulsively, but without the power level that she possesses, he becomes the jester of the group, a necessary part of the trio whose humor and recklessness are both foil and negative to the actions of the other two. He wears a trucker hat with the full Red Arrow costume, instead of a hood, and speaks mostly tongue-in-cheek. His role is most significant in that he ushers Red Hood into the leadership role by naming him as such, and from there, as the conflicts develop and they become a team in their own right, he can assist the others in their battles, which in turn give his life meaning. I sincerely hope we'll see an Arsenal-centered story in the future.Rocafort's art--angular, and immensely detailed--is a severe compliment to the darker nature of the anti-heroes. However, he makes too much a point of sexualizing Starfire's form and posturing nearly every time she appears, which I found an unnecessarily adolescent contribution to a thematically-advanced book. But the action sequences pop with sharpness and the panel structure is an aesthetic boon to the story's mystical nature (I'd love to see what he'd do with JUSTICE LEAGUE), and the book looks and reads pretty well as a result. On the whole, VOL. 1: REDEMPTION is another winner in the New 52, and while it might try to accomplish a bit too much in just seven issues, the humor and characterization are more than enough to make it more than passably entertaining--it's a fun read, and one that I look forward to enjoying more with future volumes of RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS.
review 2: Red Hood is intriguing to me, as I had never heard of the character before I started the new 52. I've read the whole "Death of a Family" arc and the Red Hood volume was good enough that I had to backtrack and find out more about him. Of course throughout all my DC reading he's popped up here and there but only very briefly. Roy Harper has made a few brief pre-Arsenal appearances as well. This volume has great dialogue and is very comedic. If you love banter among JL team members, there is a great deal of that going on here and it really made me like both Roy and Jason. Princess K we don't get to know very well but she's very powerful and everything mentioned about her past is very intriguing. Lots of action in this volume as we have a couple of side stories going on but the main theme centres on the new "team" tracking down the "Untitled" and finishing off the remaining members. A lot of Jason's background with the "All" is explored and I feel much more familiar with the character now. Interesting tidbit shows Nightwing's old blue costume having been left aboard Starfire's hideaway when Jason first finds her. less

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Shellhead

This is the first thing I picked up in the New 52 from DC and of course I don't pick it up until after the decide to launch a New New 52 because being a fan of comics is a frustrating thing. I don't know why I picked this title up over anything else, Red Hood, or Jason Todd is only my third favorite Robin and so a Nightwing or Teen Titles title with Dick or Tim would have made more sense but I picked this one up last night. (I know third favorite Robin sounds low but really there have been at least Robins counting Carrie Kelley from Dark Knight who is my least favorite so he is in the top half. That was more information than needed. Anyway I was intrigued by idea of these three characters together. I really like the direction of Jason Todd and Starfire but I really don't like the Arsenal/Roy Harper character but it isn't enough to ruin the book for me. In fact he is probably a better foil to Todd with this version of the character than the traditional Harper version. All in all I liked Lodbell's book, it was quick, stylish, and fun, exactly what I wanted.

todusanya

I don't see what people's big deal is with Starfire sleeping with both of them. It happens in the first issue and is barely even mentioned afterwards. For that matter, I'm not even sure why it's even in there since it barely added anything to the story. All in all, a good comic book. I enjoyed it. Todd's cleverness, Harper's jokes and Starfire's obliviousness to human customs all worked for me. The Outlaws are my second favorite superhero team that I've read so far (first place belonging to the JLD).

Mikayla

3.5 for the story... I would give the art, specifically the coloring 5 stars!

Carly

Probably one of the best of the new 52 series. And it has Starfire in it!

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