"East of West" Amazing Premise Tempered by a Shaky Landing
People, come around, for I have finished another comic book series, this time by the wonderful Jonathan Hickman. I wouldn't say I've read everything he's done, but I will say that I read both his Avengers and Fantastic Four runs and I both loved them, particularly as they were the leadups/lead-in's to Secret Wars . So, when I saw someone post an image of East of West , it didn't take me much convincing. Not only did the premise seem super cool, not only was it in a compact and relatively digestible 45 issues, but it was by an author whose stories I enjoyed. And well, I must say, East of West is really good, except for the ending. That is not to say I think the story ended incorrectly, it's just that it came to that conclusion significantly faster than I thought it would. Let's talk about it. So, for the uninitiated, the gist of East of West is basically this. Some time in the 1800's(?) America was hit with a meteor in a place cal...