The Box # 1-2

Title: The Box # 1
Publisher: Red 5 Comics
Script: Joshua Starnes
Art: Raymond Estrada
Color: Steven Dellasalla
Letters: Dave Lanphear
Covers: Raymond Estrada
Price: $ 3.95 US
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Website: www.red5comics.com
Comments: What a box represents and is is explained here. There have been some very famous boxes Pandora's Box and the Arc of the Covenant. 
  Leo Bloom is suppose to be the star of this comic along with his magic box. The preface tells you this. The story here though does not tell you anything to explain what is going on and why you are reading this. 
  Leo is in police custody yet with the help of his box it does provide him with what he needs for all occassions. 
  The art is dark and it neeeds more detail and to be clearer. 
  There are things going on here that are just not explained and will leave you wondering why did that happen. You need to read whatever series there was before this one to fully understand things. This box though is strange and magical. 
  The mystery of the box will make you curious. Leo is a good character but you are told next to nothing about him. Yes he seems to want to know more about this box but that is all we learn about him. How did he get this box? Who is Leo? What impact on his life has the box had? These are questions that should be answered.
  

Title: The Box # 2
Publisher: Red 5 Comics
Script: Joshua Starnes
Art: Raymond Estrada
Color: Steven Dellasalla
Letters: Dave Lanphear
Covers: Raymond Estrada
Price: $ 3.95 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.red5comics.com
Comments: Leo finds himself faces a guy who wants the box. This guy does want the box and will do whatever he has to to get it. Leo does end up on the run from this guy and his goons. The box is magical yet Leo does seem to have trouble getting it to do exactly what he wants it to. 
  The art is dark as in lots of black is used in it. The people need to be drawn clearer. The box itself as far as you can see is just a ordinary looking wooden box but it is hard to see any detail on it the way it is drawn. 
  The mystery man after the box picks up Claire, Leo's lady friend. This guy does have an air of evil about him. It is subtile though. So Leo and Claire do get reunited. They do seem to go together well. Well they both are now running for their lives. 
  The story does pick up a little here. It would be nice to have some background on Leo and Claire. Leo is a ordinary man who somehow ended up with an extraordinary box. Is this box good or evil? Does it depend on who has it? 
  It does leave you wondering 

Richard Vasseur