J. Michael Straczynski: Rising Stars (Hardcover, 2003, Rebound by Sagebrush)
school & library binding
English language
Published July 22, 2003 by Rebound by Sagebrush.
In the late 1960s, a fireball struck Pederson, Illinois, that ultimately granted special powers to 113 children who were in vitro at the time. Now, someone is systematically killing each of the "Specials" and each death results in increased strength for the rest.John Simon, a.k.a. Poet, knows who is responsible and plans to put an end to it.
Not a bad comic certainly. Straczynski has managed to twist a fairly recurrent idea (group of people with superpowers) enough to avoid total cliche. Unfortunately beyond that this series has few redeeming qualities, and suffers from a lack of nuance and subtly.
An interesting twist on a tried and true premise. Art style was decent if a bit rushed at times, the dialog was nothing terribly special, and overall the treatment of women is fairly normal. Very tense cliffhanger ending though so I will be picking up volume 2 asap.
