This was honestly a surprising read/review for me. I went into Isom thinking I would 100% hate it. In fact, I went in thinking I would somehow find a way to demand my time back from Eric July. While I would not recommend anyone read Isom #1, at its current price. If you can snag it for around $20 I can recommend it to people who are more forgiving to first issues. I can’t say I fully hated it. The hate is at about 80-85%. That means I liked it 15-20%. Which is slightly below average for any first issue of a new comic. This was a huge surprise for me. I read a lot of reviews about Isom #1 and was expecting a glorious train wreck, but I was instead greeted with a mismanaged idea. An idea I wound up being interested in. The TL;DR for my review is this: I don’t recommend reading Isom #1 if you don’t want to be greeted with Marvel Cinematic Universe-esqe teasers. I would instead recommend waiting until issue 5-10, choose a number, and start there. It’s really hard to judge a new comic since every comic sucks until issue 5-10, except webcomics taking until page 30-45, but this one wasn’t the worst issue #1 I read, nor the best. It’s about average, and held back because of weird choices.
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