Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, the team behind the fan-favorite BLACK SUMMER, are revolutionizing masked heroes yet again in a hot new series! Dead heroes in the dirt. A killer capable of almost supernatural tortures. Five generations of the world's only superhuman group. A forty-year legacy of standing for the rights of freedom and safety. A young man obsessed with the need for street justice. How much do you want to be a superhuman? How badly does he want it? Bad enough to bring on the last days of an American legend? If he even gets to survive that long? Forty years ago, a group of superhumans emerged in San Francisco, guided by the man w more
Despite being a fairly slim volume, No Hero #0 has me interested enough in the series that I'll definitely be picking up the first full issue. The ideas that Ellis is playing with are interesting and socially relevant, there's a decent hook ("How badly do you want to be a superhero?"), and the story of this issue already hints at some compelling yet subtle mysteries (the date of the formation of the Levellers is 6th June 1966 (6/6/66) and The Front Line form on 7th July 1977 (7/7/77) - could they be significant?). The back matter also provides a wealth of background information on the series from Ellis ("Much more than you needed to know, right?") that drops some hints as to the sort of direction that he'll be taking with the book. As long as Ryp can work quickly enough to produce issues on something approaching a regular basis (we're still waiting for the oft-delayed Black Summer to wrap up), this looks like it could be another strong offering from the team. Read Full Review
Be the first to rate this issue!
Click the 'Rate/Write A Review' link above to get started.
© 2024
Prev
