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A review by mikorin
Quincredible Vol. 2: The Hero Within by Rodney Barnes
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley and Oni Press for lending me this title. I remember reading the first volume last year and enjoying it a lot. The artwork and the team behind the new volume seems to be the same which is great for a series! I love the art and the art gallery at the end of the book is amazing.
I have to admit the beginning was a bit confusing to me. I read the first volume last year so I might have forgetten some things. I remember that Quin got his power from a meteor shower. The intro says the meteor shower happened again, but it is not clear to me if this happened between the two volumes or if I just forgot that it happenned in the first book.
Other than that the story is built up similarly as the first, we have a villain for the book and we have some off time where Quin’s parents learn to come to terms with the fact that their kid is an enhanced vigilante. Quin also spends some time at school and musing about his unrequited crush. I really loved the convo between Quin and his mom - she listened and was understanding but told him that he shouldn’t be obsessing over a girl who only sees him as a friend (and already has a boyfriend).
The main story is focused on a rich man whose family owned plantations and New Orleans vodoo. It was an interesting take on the superhero genre where ghosts and vodoo and alternate universes are also a possibility. This made me think of Cloak and Dagger who are also from Orleans and their stories are interrwined with vodoo and the local marshes as well.
This volume seems to end as a one off story, just like the previous one. I liked this volume but it was mainly focused on the plot for the chapter and I am more of a deep-character-building and character interaction kinda gal. It would have been interesting to learn more about Glow as now she seems to be Quin’s regular partner-in-vigilante-crime. Her face was revealed to us and for some reason she always somehow ended up wherever Quin was but we don’t really know what her deal is. It also felt a bit disappointing that the other superheroes didn’t show up or even care about mentoring Quin. I thought they would be a bigger deal in this volume.
I have to admit the beginning was a bit confusing to me. I read the first volume last year so I might have forgetten some things. I remember that Quin got his power from a meteor shower. The intro says the meteor shower happened again, but it is not clear to me if this happened between the two volumes or if I just forgot that it happenned in the first book.
Other than that the story is built up similarly as the first, we have a villain for the book and we have some off time where Quin’s parents learn to come to terms with the fact that their kid is an enhanced vigilante. Quin also spends some time at school and musing about his unrequited crush. I really loved the convo between Quin and his mom - she listened and was understanding but told him that he shouldn’t be obsessing over a girl who only sees him as a friend (and already has a boyfriend).
The main story is focused on a rich man whose family owned plantations and New Orleans vodoo. It was an interesting take on the superhero genre where ghosts and vodoo and alternate universes are also a possibility. This made me think of Cloak and Dagger who are also from Orleans and their stories are interrwined with vodoo and the local marshes as well.
This volume seems to end as a one off story, just like the previous one. I liked this volume but it was mainly focused on the plot for the chapter and I am more of a deep-character-building and character interaction kinda gal. It would have been interesting to learn more about Glow as now she seems to be Quin’s regular partner-in-vigilante-crime. Her face was revealed to us and for some reason she always somehow ended up wherever Quin was but we don’t really know what her deal is. It also felt a bit disappointing that the other superheroes didn’t show up or even care about mentoring Quin. I thought they would be a bigger deal in this volume.