A review by noahapples
Zodiac Starforce Volume 2: Cries of the Fire Prince by Kevin Panetta

3.0

This started off on rough footing, somehow both gratingly "hip" and cutesy, and gratingly "real" and gritty. Fortunately, the gang found their footing again by the third issue, but then it kind of just ended really abruptly. This is one of those trades stuffed with backmatter, which is like-- sure the backmatter can be fun and cool to see if you're a fan, but that's a lot of pages that, it turns out, aren't the book you bought to read. The characters are (mostly) still fun and interesting, but this volume offers way less development and genuine pathos than the first one.