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I didn’t really want to say anything about Mango Comics’ DARNA until I got to read the third issue, but since people have started to comment already, I might as well say what I’ve got to say.
I was disappointed with the first issue.
I expected more out of it.
In the great words of Mel Brooks , “It was nice… not thrilling, but nice.”
The art was nice, but I’ve seen Ryan Orosco do better in other books.
The story was nice. It felt like I was reading something Stan Lee wrote back in 1963. Which is exactly my problem with the book, it feels like something that would’ve been great way back in 1963.
Was the character of Narda/Darna really updated for the year 2003?
So, she’s in college now and lives in a dorm with two sexy dorms mates and uses a cellphone, but didn’t the Darna movies do that already?
So Valentina is now a popular celebrity figure that everyone loves and adores and she will use that to her advantage to… oh I don’t know… rule the world? Bu
The rants and raves of a copy/comic book/writer in Manila.