I think I liked Quantum and Woody #2 better than #1. It feels more like Asmus and Fowler are starting to make the book their own.
Yes, there's a framing device that leads into a flashback with a white-text-black-background title. But I'm pretty sure it only happens once this time.
The art's better, too. Fowler's faces are a little weird and distorted -- in a way I like, that reminds me of Jim Lawson or Jeff Lemire.
For all that it seems fresher than last issue, it's got its nods to the original series too -- Quantum appears in his original MD Bright costume (in the now traditional "superhero appears in a different costume for his first outing" bit), Magnum gets a namedrop, and -- was there a Created By credit in #1? Because there is in this one. Not only that, but there's a Comixology ad that prominently features issue #1 of the new series and almost-as-prominently features #1 of the original series. And again, while I don't know for certain that Priest and Bright are getting royalties for the old books on Comixology, I've seen unnamed sources quoted as saying that, and I think it's the likeliest explanation for Bright saying things are amicable with Valiant and Maguire declaring that he's cool with the company too now.
So -- again, with the heavy disclaimer that I don't know FOR SURE that Priest and Bright are profiting from the original series -- there's a prominent ad for it in this book and I THINK that's an ad for something that sends money their way.
(Well, I mean, technically #1 is free. But you know what I mean.)
Anyway, that's rather a long tangent. Point is, I like the book, and I think it's both starting to find its new voice AND do a better job of acknowledging its origins.