{"id":65912,"date":"2018-09-11T17:51:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=65912"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:51:27","slug":"radicans-comic-review-the-luchaverse-rey-mysterio-one-shot-mysterio-embarks-on-dangerous-adventure-to-obtain-first-rey-mysterio-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/11\/radicans-comic-review-the-luchaverse-rey-mysterio-one-shot-mysterio-embarks-on-dangerous-adventure-to-obtain-first-rey-mysterio-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"RADICAN&#8217;S COMIC REVIEW: &#8220;The Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot&#8221; &#8211; Mysterio embarks on dangerous adventure to obtain first Rey Mysterio mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-224231971\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>RADICAN&#8217;S COMIC REVIEW SERIES<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>THE LUCHAVERSE: REY MYSTERIO ONE-SHOT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PUBLISHED BY CHIDO COMICS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BY SEAN RADICAN, TORCH COLUMNIST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot\u201d is the first comic in a series of 5 stand alone issues that will begin the Luchaverse, which is a collaboration between Chido Comics and Masked Republic. In the first comic in the series, Rey Mysterio Jr. is featured as an action hero of sorts. The comic gives some backstory on Mysterio before he embarks on a dangerous mission to a Temple to retrieve the mask of the first Rey Mysterio.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/ChidoComics_MaskedRepublic_Luchaverse_Preview-e1528760898553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61213 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/ChidoComics_MaskedRepublic_Luchaverse_Preview-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mysterio is in search of the mask to help him combat an unknown great evil that has been prophesied to send the world into darkness. Mysterio is accompanied on his adventure to capture the mask by a military group known as \u201cThe Ambassadors\u201d and they seem reluctant to help Rey out after clashing with a bunch of undead cat people.<\/p>\n<p>The comic is engaging and hints at things to come with references to Tinieblas and Konnan. Mysterio\u2019s presentation is really well done, as his mask is placed into context during the story and the hunt for the original Rey Mysterio mask is nicely set up before danger arrives to set the stage for the second comic in the series that will feature Penta Zero M and Rey Fenix.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear exactly what is going to happen, as the evil force Mysterio is preparing to face off against hasn\u2019t been revealed. The strategy with the comics is to have the 5 one-shots lay the groundwork for the entire series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot\u201d is like a cross between an action movie and a wrestling story. The military types with Mysterio crack one-liners that you\u2019d hear in most action movies. Mysterio\u2019s character really gets a chance to shine in this story, as he\u2019s told he will be the first person in over a thousand years to hold the mask of the original Rey Mysterio.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Lopez and Ivan Plaza will be writing all of the comics, but each book will have a different look to it with a different art team assigned to handle each title. Ben Harvey and Bryan Magnaye did a great job with the Mysterio comic and I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing what the other artists have in store for the next four books.<\/p>\n<p>Right now \u201cThe Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot\u201d is only availble at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/luchashop.bigcartel.com\/product\/the-luchaverse-rey-mysterio-one-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LuchaShop.com<\/a> . If you read the comic and enjoy it, Masked Republic and Chida Comics are asking that fans ask their comic stores to stock The Luchaverse comics from Chido Comics. You can also read the series digitally through Comixology.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1605050460\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Overall thoughts<\/strong>: I give \u201cThe Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot\u201d a high recommendation, especially if you\u2019re a fan of Mysterio and Lucha Libre. Mysterio\u2019s character is represented well here and the story seems like it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun to follow as it unfolds.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact Sean at radicansean@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @sr_torch.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-826449447\"><div id=\"pwtor-1866421150\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>RADICAN&#8217;S COMIC REVIEW SERIES THE LUCHAVERSE: REY MYSTERIO ONE-SHOT PUBLISHED BY CHIDO COMICS BY SEAN RADICAN, TORCH COLUMNIST \u201cThe Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot\u201d is the first comic in a series of 5 stand alone issues <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/11\/radicans-comic-review-the-luchaverse-rey-mysterio-one-shot-mysterio-embarks-on-dangerous-adventure-to-obtain-first-rey-mysterio-mask\/\" title=\"RADICAN&#8217;S COMIC REVIEW: &#8220;The Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio One-Shot&#8221; &#8211; Mysterio embarks on dangerous adventure to obtain first Rey Mysterio mask\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":61011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,30,24,59,53],"tags":[6061,5996,1282,582],"class_list":["post-65912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews_books","category-specialfeatures","category-mediareviews","category-take_radican","category-opinion_stafftakes","tag-chido-comics","tag-luchaverse","tag-masked-republic","tag-rey-mysterio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/06\/MysterioReyArt_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65915,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65912\/revisions\/65915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}