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queenkoko's review
3.0
Didn't really care for this. Only reading issue #2 because its in my pile. Not a bad story just didn't care for all the time jumps.
verumsolum's review
5.0
I tend not to like issue #1 of anything, but Omni locked me right in from the beginning: telling me enough very quickly to start finding my way and starting to tell a story. I want to know more about these characters!
divineblkpearl's review
5.0
Why did I sit on this comic? Wow! 9.8/10!
From Omni #1: Cecelia is in bed with her head scarf on. *chefs kiss*
More Black women illustrating comics. More AfroLatinx women illustrating comics. Thank you Alitha E Martinez.
A well paced and well written stunning first issue! Devin Grayson makes for a good team!
From Omni #1: Cecelia is in bed with her head scarf on. *chefs kiss*
More Black women illustrating comics. More AfroLatinx women illustrating comics. Thank you Alitha E Martinez.
A well paced and well written stunning first issue! Devin Grayson makes for a good team!
notagreatreader's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I should've expected this comic to be obviously about real world issues such as climate change and police brutality. Yet I somehow did not anticipate that and was perhaps not in the best mindset to read it just now. However, objectively, I think, it's a good comic, especially after Melody Cooper takes over as the writer in Issue #5. A lot of this volume is really set up, but each issue is a story onto itself and I love the 'superpowers emerging in the world' type of narrative. I also especially like that so far the majority (if not all) people who gain superpowers are minorities or somehow disenfranchised (e.g. serving prison sentences). It's very satisfying to see them receive these powers, even if it's made clear that even with that, they won't be able to effect significant social/global change. But it's the small acts that matter too.
I'm enjoying the portrayal of the 'super smartness' of Dr Cobbina, especially once we get an explanation inside the narrative to the artistic choices. Speaking of which, the art is OK, nothing too extravagant, but it gets the point across and there are some cool panels, especially where Dr Cobbina's powers are shown, as well as some scenes with cool light effects, such as a scene at night during rain while surrounded by car lights, and a scene around a fire at night.
There was also a bit of a weird meta thing where for a few issues one of the characters was writing a comic about the events that happen in the book, but luckily it seems to have been dropped after a couple issues.
My hope for the future of this comic is that it'll develop a more consistent secondary cast, because so far we've met a lot of characters and some of them are quite fascinating but only one or two of them made an appearance in more than one issue (aside from the protagonist of course).
I'm enjoying the portrayal of the 'super smartness' of Dr Cobbina, especially once we get an explanation inside the narrative to the artistic choices. Speaking of which, the art is OK, nothing too extravagant, but it gets the point across and there are some cool panels, especially where Dr Cobbina's powers are shown, as well as some scenes with cool light effects, such as a scene at night during rain while surrounded by car lights, and a scene around a fire at night.
There was also a bit of a weird meta thing where for a few issues one of the characters was writing a comic about the events that happen in the book, but luckily it seems to have been dropped after a couple issues.
My hope for the future of this comic is that it'll develop a more consistent secondary cast, because so far we've met a lot of characters and some of them are quite fascinating but only one or two of them made an appearance in more than one issue (aside from the protagonist of course).