by Taki Soma and Michael Avon OemingIn this new title, all people with super powers on the Earth have been fighting one another for some time, leaving great amounts of destruction in their wake. Miami has been destroyed, and things continue to get worse, until the conflict goes 'cosmic', and all of the powered people leave, allowing humanity to try to pick up the pieces.
More devastating than all of this though is the fact that Evelyn has left Gil. Their splitting up takes place in the first couple of pages of the comic, as Evelyn jokes her way onto an airplane to leave him behind, only to come to the realization later that this was a mistake, made permanent by the destruction mentioned above. There is also the intrusion of a Spectre-like character as well.
The two protagonists in this book are fleshed out quite well, and the story grabbed me pretty quickly. I'm curious to see what is going to happen in this title as the story develops, and I enjoyed the set-up by Soma and Oeming a great deal.
Their collaboration is an interesting one. Soma is providing the layouts for Oeming's pencils, giving him a slightly tighter look than I'm used to, while still maintaining his recognizable style. The pages at the end which feature panels that alternate between the usual pencil art and watercolours look fantastic and pop off the page.
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