by Steven T.
Seagle (Author), Mark Dos Santos (Illustrator)
Publisher: Image
Comics (April 21, 2015)
Softcover, 144
pages
A below-average
guy planning for his wedding is suddenly approached by the world’s most
powerful superhero and told he is being recruited to be his successor. The guy
is two weeks away from his marriage to the woman he loves and is having
difficulty juggling his old and new life. Things come to a head at the
rehearsal dinner and our protagonist is forced to make a difficult choice.
It’s
a four issue story which could’ve been told in two issues, and it really feels
padded out. The problem is we have no sense of the rest of the world. The
action is solely focused on the first person main character, who doesn’t think
to inform the rest of us of how the world is like, how it reacts to superheroes
and super-villains, etc.. We only get a narrow look at this man, his bitchy
girlfriend, and his dual life. It would’ve been fine had this been in the
Marvel or DC universe where we know all of the characters, but in a new place
with new heroes a lot more world building was needed. The characters weren’t
interesting enough without it. We don’t even get a good background on where
Imperial and his magic crown come from.
The
art is excellent however. Crisp, clean, distinctive. Power and energy comes
from every panel, and is far superior to the writing. It really is the only
reason to read this book, especially if you ignore the script. It's only a pity
more interesting locales or action could've been punched up by the story. But
the artist did what he could with a boring script.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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