Dynamic Forces is primarily an online store front for comic book related merchandise, but they have expanded their services to include news, interviews and the occasional comic book review. Now one might expect a review from an online shop to be... well, bad. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Brian Hofacker opens by showing he not only reads comic books but also the essays of Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Hofacker then proceeds to use Poe as a guide to help review issue #10 of "Cable". This is a very effective device since it is "new" (I have not seen it before) and is used excellently by the reviewer as he does not confine himself to just critiquing the single issue of Cable, but the comics medium as a whole.
In fact, this may be the articles downfall. Labeled as a review of "Cable" # 10, little of the length of the piece is spent actually reviewing that particular issue. This makes me wonder about the overall goal of Mr. Hofacker. Obviously he is using the review for more than its intended purpose of evaluating Duane Swierczynski and Ariel Olivetti's work. This is entirely inappropriate. If Brian Hofacker wanted to right an essay on comic books he should have done that rather than trying to cram his feelings into a piece whose sole goal should be to asses the merits and failings of the comic book in question and over guidance to who would want to read it.
The last third of the review does, finally, do that. It follows the course of a typical review, slightly hearkening back to the previous, Poe-inspired essay. Praise is given to both Mr. Swierczynski and Mr. Olivetti and the technical achievement of the authors. According to Mr. Hofacker this is creates a compelling read but the reader must trust this assumption because no other evidence is given.
My final thoughts are that this is a poor review. Although, it is a very interesting essay and one that I would recommend to any fan of comic books or someone who is interested in writing in any form.