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A review by iwi
Superb Vol. 1: Life After the Fallout by David F. Walker, Sheena C. Howard
2.0
This comic is about people who mutate or evolve with superpowers. The government, while trying to stop incidents of death from happening, begin to round up and imprison people they find with these abilities in order to create a superpowered army.
This story features a boy with Down syndrome and well as several poc which is always a plus for a comic. While I think that is a major plus and that the characters have individual voices, there were a lot of flaws for me. It's fun and interesting and has good pacing, overall I could see recommending this to certain people. But it wasn't for me.
I had trouble rooting for anyone and I think that stems from not understanding the stakes. We're told that the enhanced children are a threat and that the government wants to use to them to protect themselves. But what's confusing is from what. They talk about it like they only mean protecting the city from 'outside forces'. Jonah, while he has his mother's death as a possible motivation, lacks any serious conviction. Why is a breaking into the lab, why is he running around helping people--have we seen him helping people?
If details don't bother you this can be a fun read. It just really wasn't for me.
This story features a boy with Down syndrome and well as several poc which is always a plus for a comic. While I think that is a major plus and that the characters have individual voices, there were a lot of flaws for me. It's fun and interesting and has good pacing, overall I could see recommending this to certain people. But it wasn't for me.
I had trouble rooting for anyone and I think that stems from not understanding the stakes. We're told that the enhanced children are a threat and that the government wants to use to them to protect themselves. But what's confusing is from what. They talk about it like they only mean protecting the city from 'outside forces'. Jonah, while he has his mother's death as a possible motivation, lacks any serious conviction. Why is a breaking into the lab, why is he running around helping people--have we seen him helping people?
If details don't bother you this can be a fun read. It just really wasn't for me.