Worth

Worth #1-5

by Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Moreno (Artist), Paul Morrissey (Editor)

Roddenberry Entertainment and Arcana Comics Present Worth! A has-been super-human, whose ability has been rendered obsolete by the evolution of human society, finds redemption and self-worth while attempting to explore the circumstances of what happens when a superhero can no longer be super.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published July 23, 2013

About the author

Aubrey Sitterson is a freelance writer, whose most recent work, No One Left to Fight is currently available in local comic shops, digitally on Comixology, and through special collector’s packages. He’s also the writer of The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, which is available everywhere, including local bookstores, comic shops, and online retailers like Amazon.

Aubrey has written comics for all of the industry’s top publishers – Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse IDW, Oni, Dynamite and Viz. He also wrote and performed the sword & sorcery serial podcast SKALD from April 2015 to April 2018, without missing a single week. A full list of credits can be found here.

Contact Aubrey at dropkickoutthejams at gmail dot com.

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

What does a superhero do when his superpower becomes obsolete? Grant Worth has always had the ability to communicate with mechanical devices, but it gets weaker the more electronically complex the device is. Computers are right out. Unfortunately, eventually everything has a computer in it.
That, combined with a person tragedy, have led him to become a virtual hermit with no interest in the modern world. A young neighbor and an old acquaintance end up shocking him out of his solitary world.
Chris Moreno's art was quite good, especially some of the mechanical gadgets. The bad guy that Sitterson created for the story was quite unusual and interesting.
Well worth reading if you are interested in stories that involve generational and social clashes in a superhero setting.

[Elle Markov · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a heartbreaking story about remaining a constant in an ever-advancing technological world.

Grant has the ability to control mechanical objects, provided they don’t have a computer. As things advanced his power became obsolete. A personal tragedy led to Worth becoming recluse. But neighborhood boy pulls the unwilling recluse to the world of the living.

Aubrey did a great job with this story and Chris didn’t disappoint with the art. The story focuses on becoming obsolete and finding a new purpose. Definitely worth checking out Worth.

[Shaun · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a Detroit area expat I really appreciated the sense of place that this comic had while the story wove around the recent history of the city. There's a lot of Gran Torino parallels in this book and it's unfortunate, because a few tweaks to the character's back-story and the plot could really have shaken off that comparison. It's a good comic, but it comes so close to being a better comic.