I really stuck with Manhunter, because I like Andreyko’s interviews and he had a lot of good ideas and good characters in the first issues of the series. He also had Jesus Saiz on art, which made me happy. Saiz is gone now....
The latest story, Manhunted, however, is my last. There are about six narrators, there are two “ongoing” mysteries, and there’s a bunch of tie-in crap. Manhunter was a neat idea, a more “real world” look at super-people and their effects on the regular folks, but it’s done. With the tie-in to the big DC event, Manhunted has a ludicrous, cop-out conclusion and there’s never a sense of danger for the characters. There’s always a sense of foreboding in Manhunter, she does have a kid after all, but since Andreyko didn’t kill him when he had the chance, it’s safe to assume he won’t. Which is fine, if the kid was a good character. He’s not. He says “Huh?” a lot. The main character is hardly in this story, which has a lot of guest-stars and scenes for just the guest-stars. It’s not an ensemble book and doesn’t work when it is. There’s also a lot of created weight to the character’s relationship with her ex-husband, which really isn’t there, but just has to be for the “human element.”
I used to look forward to reading Manhunter, but it’s just so blah, so artificial. Maybe I should haven’t read Dan Slott’s She-Hulk: Season Two #1 this morning, since it was so good it probably elucidated my judgment. Oh, wait, no, maybe I should read it before every comic I read....