So in trying to give all the New52 series a try, I left some of the more obscure titles toward the end. I had gathered that Dial H was a sort of reality-hoping mystery team that solved the unexplainable by using magic. I'm not sure where I gathered this conclusion, but what I read in the Dial H zero issue was nothing like that... and I mean NOTHING!
I really didn't like this. The concept may be cool but the execution was too far off in left field for me. Basically this girl touches a tablet and becomes something else that can magically combat the attacking creature. What she becomes is (get this): Bumper Carla! No kidding. A super hero that has a magical bumper cart.
I actually stopped reading at this moment. Later I decided I passed judgment too soon and went back. What I found is that the book actually took itself seriously instead of being comical about it. I I think that's the fault I couldn't overlook. In a universe that has Billy Baton turning into an adult after saying a magic word, it's a little believable that there's magic that could give someone powers, but why pick something so dorky and then NOT have the humor to poke fun of itself. The book goes one step further by giving the Bumper Carla persona a back story as a champion in another dimension!
If you were a complete newb to Dial H and picked up this zero issue thinking you'd check it out, you'd be really hard pressed to read another issue. This is the boat (or bumper cart) I'm in; I don't think I'll continue with this series until I hear something that makes me want to try again... and that would have to be one hell-of-an-awesome thing...
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