Review — ‘Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker’ #2 Alters The Mythos

Writers Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters create a story that makes some changes to the mythology of the franchise. Whether, the changes are good will be the judgement of fans, creators, and time.

Artist Sami Kivelä and colorist Valentina Bianconi create some relatively decent interior visuals. However, their work contains some problems that should be apparent to most readers. When it comes to the coloring Bianconi arguably goes for too bright of a color palette in the early pages of this issue. Although the choice of hues becomes far better after the initial pages there remains a consistent obviousness to the coloring because of Kivelä’s inks. This means that the inks and the coloring feel like two separate elements instead of a mixture. Not to mention that there seems to be some rushing with the line drawing of certain figures that the heavier inking is seeing use to cover up. Despite these problems the visuals are overall still fine enough to make the comic worth looking at.

Letterer Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith do a great job with the lettering. Nevertheless, this reviewer is of the professional opinion that they could do better when bolding for emphasis since it is not always obvious.

The covers, with the exception of the photo cover, are by artists Nipuni, Kit Wallis, and Flops. They each have an appealing design. However, one could argue that the main cover by Nipuni could have a better color palette. A similar argument might occur involving the negative space on Wallis’s cover. While Flops’s design might simply displease certain fans of the franchise who don’t like the lore on display. Yet, these types of arguments are just subjective with a basis in an individual’s point-of-view. In other words, they are each eye-catching pieces of art, but none of them will please all potential buyers.

Doctor Who Circuit Breaker #2 is out now from Titan Comics.