In the ever-growing, expanding, and evolving world of comics today, there is a very undefined genre of 'all-ages'. Typically this gets pigeon-holed into "kids comics" or "young readers". While that's the case for some, it shouldn't represent the entire lot of 'all-ages' comics. Bizarro #1 defines what an 'all-ages' book should be.

If I wasn't concerned that the rating system would be skewed, I would give this book a 0, because it was so bad, or the worst. So bad, that it has left me speaking in Bizarro terms.

In non-bizarro-speak, it was great. It was a fantastic opening to what has already set up a very interesting story between a lovable oaf/villain Bizarro and Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen... and a Chupacabra named Colin. Generally, I will immerse myself into a comic when I'm reading it and to everyone around me, show virtually no emotion, but this was not the case for Bizarro, as I periodically chuckled to myself at the silliness occurring.

Corson, Duarte, and the rest of the creative team have done an excellent job with an all-age interpretation of a classic villain that's telling a story accessible to everyone while showing, even in its first book, that being different doesn't make you bad.

And on that note, amst not looking backward to reading the previous issue. more