C. J. Daley
This was a free comic book day short, and it’s still free to this day on kindle. It is also included in the back of volume one on the 1-3 boxset I own, so I’m glad it’s far from hidden.
This is a prequel short to the series. It really helps set up the tone and art of the series, and I think it’s a fantastic place to start. I almost wish we saw this and some other events (like the Paris rescue) at the opening of the show. I know fans received some flashback scenes, but there was not much in the way of heroics. It could have worked as a brief bit or shorts like the opening “4 years” sequence in the latest Fantastic Four. It would have given some depth I think, and seeing some of their villains would help explain why the world needed 6 child superheroes…
The Murder Magician and his helper felt kind of like a nod to Joker and Harley Quinn but without being a rip. This short gives us a snapshot into the stylized art that we’ll see throughout the rest of the series, and even offers readers an important snippet into how the Rumor’s powers work, which is different from the show. The idea that her sowing lies would actually create altered realities is really neat. I can see how that would get awfully messy for the show though.
Overall a swing-for-the-fences opener.
This was a free comic book day short, and it’s still free to this day on kindle. It is also included in the back of volume one on the 1-3 boxset I own, so I’m glad it’s far from hidden.
This is a prequel short to the series. It really helps set up the tone and art of the series, and I think it’s a fantastic place to start. I almost wish we saw this and some other events (like the Paris rescue) at the opening of the show. I know fans received some flashback scenes, but there was not much in the way of heroics. It could have worked as a brief bit or shorts like the opening “4 years” sequence in the latest Fantastic Four. It would have given some depth I think, and seeing some of their villains would help explain why the world needed 6 child superheroes…
The Murder Magician and his helper felt kind of like a nod to Joker and Harley Quinn but without being a rip. This short gives us a snapshot into the stylized art that we’ll see throughout the rest of the series, and even offers readers an important snippet into how the Rumor’s powers work, which is different from the show. The idea that her sowing lies would actually create altered realities is really neat. I can see how that would get awfully messy for the show though.
Overall a swing-for-the-fences opener.