Bullet Points #1 Review (Arts)

I hate comics. I really do. Despite New Avengers #25 putting doubt in my opinion, this comic reinforces it.

Let's start with this story. The origin of the plot is derived from the idea that a single bullet can change the course of history. It highlights World War One and the deaths of Martin Luther King and John Kennedy as examples. Fine, I'm ok with that and partially excited on the potential. Then it shows how the premature death of Doctor Erskine changes the Marvel Universe.

For the uninformed, the good doctor was the one who developed the super-soldier formula that led to creation of Captain America. As Erskine was assasinated by Nazi agents in 1940, Steve Rogers fails to be the new American hero. By the way, young Ben Parker (Peter Parker's uncle) was one of the guards killed in the assasination. Ok, everything is fine so far.

Then the lousy part comes in! It states that World War Two starts when Japan bombed Pearl Habor! Every Tom, Dick and Harry knows that the war started 2 years earlier when Germany invaded Poland! Steve Rogers is then asked to be part of the Iron Man project, without any explanation on how USA could be so advanced and yet get its butt kicked in Asia.

It could only get worse. Peter Parker, without Uncle Ben as a moral guide, becomes a wild kid. See the link? I certainly don't. Anyway, he jacks a car and arrives at a bomb testing site. He is soon turned into the Hulk by the Gamma bomb. No shit!

This premise has lots of potential, but falls short in almost every area. If there is a saving grace, it's that Steve Rogers is still protrayed the ever idealistic American. He is probably the only mainstream character not to break character.

Overall: 21/100

Nurlisa