I was expecting to really dislike this comic book based on the fact that it was an action/adventure type. I didn't love it but I also didn't hate it either which really surprised me. It was extremely easy to read and I found myself being amused at certain points. I especially enjoyed Woozy's character. He was so amusing and it was interesting that Plastic Man and him were friends. He was always getting into trouble and somehow helping Plastic Man in the process. I didn't particularly like Plastic Man's character because I found him very unrelateable.
Being able to relate to characters really helps reading and I figure that is probably why I dislike hero comics so much. The characters have all sorts of abilities that I find it really hard to relate to. I'm not sure I can really even make that statement because I've never tried to read a hero comic book and I do like the Spiderman movies and growing up I liked Batman but was never fond of Superman. I just feel like the stories set an unobtainable standard for young kids to try to be "super" or "invincible." Then again everyone needs a little escape from reality and that's where the stories really shine. There also always seems to be a moral that they are trying to push in these types of books and the battle with "good" and "evil" which I find to be irritating and misleading. It teaches that good will always triumph over evil which just isn't always true. Sometimes the bad people do win and that's just the sad reality of the world. I'm glad I read it so that now I'm not so close minded to comic books like these but I'm not sure it completely changed my opinion on them. The book I bought had articles intermixed about Jack Cole and I found those to be very interesting because they showed other kinds of art he was involved with and gave an idea about the style and personality of the artist.
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