- Written by: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly
- Art by: Bernard Chang
- Colors by: Marcelo Maiolo
- Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Cover art by: Ario Anindito (cover A)
- Cover price: $3.99
- Release date: March 12, 2025
Power Man: Timeless #2, by Marvel on 3/12/25, steps into the ring for round two between Luke Cage and Aeon the Knife when we learn the history behind Aeon’s troubled past and the consequences of smashing worlds.
Is Power Man: Timeless #2 Good?
Recap
When we last left the uber-powered Luke Cage from a future that no longer exists in Power Man: Timeless #1, Luke sped his way to Earth (or some version of it in the present) to stop Danny Rand from becoming a destroyer of worlds in the future. Luke’s travels were interrupted when he crossed paths with a world-killer named Aeon the Knife in pursuit of a woman named Ever, who lives in the Celestial Heart on Jupiter. Luke evaded Aeon temporarily, but the second match commenced when Aeon destroyed the Celestial Heart.
Plot Synopsis
In Power Man: Timeless #2, the battles continues, ends, and begins again. Power Man Hulk’s out to give Aeon the Knife a proper punch to the kisser, but it isn’t enough. Luke then tries to reason with the destroyer with words instead of fists. Aeon replies in kind by explaining he was taken as a boy by the Kree and turned into an Inhuman to act as a living weapon. Unable to touch anyone, the Kree encased Aeon in his armor. The lack of contact drove Aeon mad, so he wanders the galaxy to destroy everything.
Ever flies toward Aeon in a rage over the destruction of the Celestial Heart. Power Man knows she won’t survive, so he Hulks out again and begins a sustained attack. The fight spreads across the Solar System, ending on Venus, where Power Man delivers a knockout blow. Power Man orders Aeon to leave the system for good.
Later, Power Man sits with Ever to talk about his experience as a human. Suddenly, Ever picks up on a disturbance in the Solar System. With the Celestial Heart destroyed, planets are spinning out of alignment, and Mercury is falling into the Sun. Power Man flies to Mercury and knocks it back into a proper orbit with a titanic punch.
The issue ends when Power Man’s punch cracks open Mercury, revealing a Celestial Brain. Meanwhile, Aeon wakes up and flies to Mars to fight against any and all challengers – starting with Apocalypse of Arakko.
First Impressions
Power Man: Timeless #2 could best be summed up as “big, random, action set pieces.” If you want an excuse to read about two overpowered characters, that you have no investment in or care for, duke it out in a planet-sized spectacle, you’ll get what you pay for.
How’s the Art?
Bernard Chang’s art style and action choreography are a perfect fit for this story. There’s no need to think about emotional beats, character development, or plot progression, so Chang has free reign to make the visuals as wild as possible. On that count, he does his job well.
What’s great about Power Man: Timeless #2?
As odd as it may sound, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly are doing something different with this series that you don’t find much of in most of Marvel’s current titles – showing a superhero do big, superhero things. To a certain point, the action is fun. Dumb, brainless fun but still fun.
What’s not great about Power Man: Timeless #2?
Calling this issue brainless is both ironic and an understatement. In an effort to bring the celestial aspects of Marvel a little closer to home, Lanzing and Kelly have simply retconned portions of our Solar System to imply a bunch of game-changing elements have always been present, but you just didn’t know it. It’s almost a guarantee nobody will reference or make use of these changes after the issue #5 finale, so what’s the point? Lanzing and Kelly are making a mess they can’t undo instead of telling a story that matters, so the only recourse will be to forget it ever existed before it’s even finished.
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Final Thoughts
Power Man: Timeless #2 is a big, dumb, loud slugfest to give readers a mildly amusing little timewaster. Lanzing and Kelly dream up big developments that retcon the nature of our solar system to make the action as wild as possible, and Bernard Chang’s artwork is excellent. That said, the retcons don’t make much sense in history, so it’s a fair bet nothing will be referenced or remembered ever again.
5.8/10
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