One-sentence summary: In this almost wrap-up issue, Kirkman wonderfully delivers Eric O'Grady as he should be: a truly unlikable jerk of a character.
I've loved this comic. I've loved the fact that, yeah, Eric's a jerk. A huge jerk, for that matter, willing to do just about anything to save his own skin and come out ahead. That's why last issue, Obligatory Hulk Tie-In #10, didn't make any sense to me, but, eh, whatever.
I'll miss this comic. The art's bright and is soley responsible for this comic being fun; if the art were at all dark, we'd realize more fully what a plain out ass Eric is. The writing keeps things going, the dialogue crisp and the plot well-done, each revelation of Eric's shallowness more shocking than the last, whether it be breaking up with a woman loudly and painfully because she has a kid, playing with his dead friend's girlfriend's emotions so that she'll make out with him on the friend's still-fresh grave, or selling out a friend who just invaded a SHIELD Helicarrier for him in order to get his crappy old job back.
Ant-Man did what it did well, and that was a comic about a truly awful protagonist, accidentally thrust into the world of superheroes and doing anything he can to make some money and get some tail from it. For that, this was good. I think Kirkman wanted this comic to go on longer, as twelve issues is a pretty measly run for a monthly, but he's done a great job with it.
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