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J. Michael Straczynski: Rising Stars. (GraphicNovel, 2002, Image Comics) 4 stars

In the late 1960s, a fireball struck Pederson, Illinois, that ultimately granted special powers to …

Review of 'Rising Stars.' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

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.