Looking forward to this a whole lot more after reading the preview.
I wonder if the guy in the wheelchair is Gangbuster.
This was such a fun read
For what it’s worth I highly recommend it
I'm a sucker for explorations of the more mundane aspects of superhero life, and as such, really enjoyed this issue. Red Tornado comes across as a hero in ways that go beyond the sort of glitz and glamor of big name characters, ways that I think are far more relatable to average, everyday people (i.e us, the readers). I was touched by his interactions with spoilers:end of spoilers
Gangbuster
Also,
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Though we're only one issue in and there is no guarantee how the next five issues will go, I think that Power Girl makes for an excellent antagonist for the type of story this is shaping up to be, should they continue on in that direction.
Last edited by dreamglide; 12-07-2021 at 09:08 PM.
This was such a great read. I really wasn’t expecting the emotional moments.
Anyone on the fence should pick this up while we’re still on issue 1.
I liked it except for the choice of antagonist, but I'm going to assume that mind-control is involved given the fairly big hit given the author of the book.
Pretty much this. spoilers:end of spoilers as a greedy antagonist out to make right by wealth gained via corporate raiding and ruthless capitalism is so wrong for spoilers:
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her
Some characters I like, but not for me. Pass.
Peace
Even if it IS mind control, it's still garbage writing. It's not like PG isn't DC's go to for characters to be mind controlled. If you want to make PG a villain, (a bad idea IMHO), at least be original and give her a legit reason. I WAS going to get this come the weekend-----mostly FOR her appearance, but now I may just wait and see what the second issue holds before doing that. What about PG don't they get? First we had faux PG in the nu52 who acted completely unlike PG had ever done in the past, now we seem to have another version again acting out of character.
Last edited by achilles; 12-08-2021 at 08:54 AM.
Is this the first PG's appearance since she went missing and was last seen in one of the Deathstroke's issues by Priest? What I'm getting at is that maybe this ain't even "our" PG.
I thought this was a great, and surprisingly emotional, read.
I don't think Peeg is a villain in this, though. Maybe antagonist, and with the Lord book, she'll probably end up having whatever control she's under severed by Red and the rest of the gang. If Lord's plan is controlling people/heroes through his book, and this Heroez4U gang are the only one's able to stop him, take on a mind controlled Kryptonian, and save the world from mindcontrol...I mean, they shouldn't be called One-Star Squadron haha.
I'm in it for the long haul and Russell is an impressive and smart writer with a great track record of good and subversive books. I'm a little worried about Karen, but I highly doubt she'll be done dirty by the end of the series.