10 Problems With Marvel's Secret Wars Nobody Wants To Admit

6. Esad Ribic's O-Faces

Jonathan Hickman's previous Marvel work has placed the writer with some artists of varying quality. Amidst the Kuberts and the Leinil Francis Yus, though, there was the far more inspiring sight of Esad Ribic every so often. The Croatian comic book artist knows the ins and outs of widescreen superhero stories, but brings something fresh too. For the most part his work on the core Secret Wars book has been good as well, managing to zoom in on the characters whilst also panning out to illustrate huge, crazy, impossible science fiction scenes without missing a beat. The use of non-traditional superhero comics colouring in concert with that is a joy to behold. In fact, there's only really one place that Ribic's work falls down, and sadly it appears a lot through Secret Wars: his o-faces. There's at least one every issue, and it's supposed to be a group of characters being shocked by something. In Ribic's hands, however, it looks more like a load of superhero fetish blow-up dolls have been arranged in a tableau.