Review: Crossover #2

Long time comic fans have been yearning for another DC Marvel Crossover, and here it is. Sort of. I will say this better than what I expected. There are no stakes involved that will change the universe of either one but at least the story elements are good.

Donny Cates and his creative team of artist Geoff Shaw, and Colorist Dee Cunniffe have managed to do in issue #2 is lay down the groundwork for a side quest that I hope eventually leads to the superhero dome.
In the current issue of Crossover #2, Ava the child refugee from the dome clues Ellipses Howell and Otto, into what has really been happening to the non-mutant citizens of the dome. In the meantime, hiding a bigger secret of her own.
There are some big character crossover panels but for the meantime most of them have been incarcerated. Orion, the son of a billionaire is recruited by the “DIRECTOR FOR ALL THINGS RELATED TO THE EVENT”.

To be frank, I do not think this is what a lot of readers were expecting when it comes to “Crossover”. I think they were looking for more cheesiness and one-liners. Instead we are getting a well time build-up to a deeper narrative that Cates does so well.
Notable is that so far none of the Super-hero characters have been a big part of the narrative; however, if any of the future solicits are an indication that could change by issue #3.

Face its Donny Cates is the Magic Man, of making easter eggs into full-blown narrative points, I would recommend picking up a copy of issues # 1, 2 and 3.

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As weird as it sounds, Crossover stands up as one of the most fun crossover comic books that we have had in a long time. I half expected Superman, to be sharing a couple of beers and pizza with Captain America. Instead, there was some real emotional introspect in the crossroad between the real world and the comic world of crossover.

(W) Donny Cates
(A) Geoff Shaw
(C) Dee Cunniffe
(L) John . Hill