Cloaks
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Writer: Caleb Monroe
Artist: Mariano Navarro
Published: 9/3/2014
Cloaks is another in a recent rash of titles I have read that I am not sure what I think about it. The first issue is okay. There is nothing wrong with it, no gaping plot holes and the art is solid.
However, it is so by the numbers and done to death that it feels stale even though it is a new story.
The story is about Adam, an orphan introduced at the wake for Blackstone, his magician guardian. We learn that Adam is The Kid a New York Street magician, eventually arrested by a mysterious group who wants him to join them.
In the issues final reveal, the offer to join the group is made by Blackstone.
As I said, there is nothing wrong with Cloaks, it is a good first read, but is just a typical by-the-numbers book with stock characters.
That said, I will be reading the next issues, just to see where things go.
Rating: 5
Ace Masters
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