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A review by evnlibrarian
A Dream of Flying by Alan Davis, Garry Leach, Alan Moore
3.0
The first book in a volume written by the legendary Alan Moore, credited here as "The Original Writer" for reasons more complex than I care to go into, as a homage and deconstruction of the Captain Marvel comics of the golden age. It's an idea that by this point almost seems old hat. The kid who could turn into a superhero with a magic word forgets his powers and now is a middle aged man? The kid sidekick grew up to be evil? The fantastically ridiculous powers turn out to be part of a dark government experiment? It's less 'subversive' today and more just depressing and faux high brow to me.
But the plot on its own does seem intriguing, and on its own does have a premise that can be engaging. What if you or your spouse suddenly remembered they were a superhero? Mike Moran feels inadequate to his super hero persona (in this case, imagine if Clark Kent was not a disguise for Superman but an actual person he swapped bodies with) . I like the art and confess I have a bit of weak spot for Alan Moore's grandiose and over the top descriptions of super hero fantasy stories. So I'll give volume one 3 stars.
But the plot on its own does seem intriguing, and on its own does have a premise that can be engaging. What if you or your spouse suddenly remembered they were a superhero? Mike Moran feels inadequate to his super hero persona (in this case, imagine if Clark Kent was not a disguise for Superman but an actual person he swapped bodies with) . I like the art and confess I have a bit of weak spot for Alan Moore's grandiose and over the top descriptions of super hero fantasy stories. So I'll give volume one 3 stars.