I went into this book thinking I'd get an exciting new character by two of today's hottest up-and-coming creators. What I got was a book with way too many questions. Kind of ironic since the book is entitled The Answer.
The story revolves around a research librarian named Devin MacKenzie, who receives a mysterious puzzle for her birthday. As Devin solves that puzzle, she's led to more puzzles to solve. Meanwhile, we see our hero stopping a convenience store robbery, who then is alerted to Devin's puzzle solving prowess. The Answer must get to Devin before she solves the final puzzle, unleashing a cadre of soldiers upon her. For what purpose? That is the premise of the book.
Frankly, there just wasn't enough here to really care about. This is a new universe we're being introduced to here, and we should have been given some back story into who The Answer is and what makes him tick. With this being only a 4-issue mini series, the answers need to come a lot quicker than they would in a monthly ongoing title. Sure, the next issue could be entirely about The Answer's origin. But by then, I'm not sure if I'm interested. The first issue was too boring to really expect any excitement in the remaining three issues.
The other area I was disappointed in was Mike Norton's art. The cover looks just like his art on Revival, but the interiors were almost sloppy. I don't know if the colors muddied everything up, but it was just very bland overall. And there was a huge coloring mistake where Devin has red hair on the cover, but was blond on the inside. What's the Answer to that??
This series could still end up being a good read because of the talent behind it, but I think it's going to take a lot to turn this whole thing around.
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