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CRAVE ONLINE reviews BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28
October 26, 2009
Even though I didn't find the last issue of J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz's new run on Brave and the Bold lackluster (read our review of Brave and the Bold #27), I was surprised to come away from the new issue feeling much more satisfied than I did last month. Perhaps it was Barry Allen fighting the Nazis, or the heavy thematical content that Straczynski again laces the issue with, or maybe it was the simple fact that Saiz draws a hell of a comic book. Whatever the reason, after finishing this issue I found myself eager to see what other kinds of stories JMS will be tossing our way with his stint on the book.
Issue #28 very much reads like a classic Silver Age Brave and the Bold story, complete with a bizarre science experiment that displaces our hero, only to have him team up with the unlikeliest of allies. In this case, when assisting with a science experiment in Belgium, The Flash is accidentally transplanted smack dab into the middle of World War II with a broken leg, specifcally the Battle of the Bulge. Teaming up with Blackhawk and his team, Barry must adapt to his new war-time environment to survive long enough for his leg to heal and run himself back to the future.
