The Movement, Vol. 1: Class Warfare

The Movement #1-6

by Gail Simone (Writer), Freddie E. Williams II (Illustrations)

Coral City is infected by corruption and crime and its up to the citizens to fight back!

The Movement sees a young group of super-heroes rise up and take back the streets of their corrupt city. But when one of their own is captured by the police, its Coral City's finest against the citizens they have negelected to protect.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Dc Comics, Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 27, 2014

About the author

Gail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hey, it’s a comic book about a super hero group called the Movement. From Coral City.

*crickets*

So I ask my son, “Son, have you ever heard of a DC group called the Movement?”

“Dad, can I finish off this bag of tater tots?”

“What? Finish off? It’s a brand new four pound family sized bag?”

“Thanks, Dad!”

“Wait….”

*sigh*

I have to give DC a little credit, when they started their train wreck reboot, The New 52, they did try to give the spotlight to some of the more obscure heroes in their roster. I would know, I’ve read a lot of them (and as far as I know, they’ve all been canceled). And the Movement is about as obscure as you can get. They even gave this a fighting chance by giving the writing chores to Gail Simone.

So?

Coral City is so corrupt, Gotham City pales in comparison. Their evil mayor makes Rob Ford look like an old clueless mayor from some Frank Capra movie. So the Movement steps up to shame the police and take over the worst section of the city called the Tweens.

The group has a few interesting heroes: Mouse (he talks and can control rats, like Willard. Remember him? The “Ben” song will now play over and over in your brain. For the rest of the day. BHWHAHAHAHA!!), Burden (he’s possessed by some demon), Virtue (she can “ride” and exploit emotions), Vengeance Moth (I forget what she does, but I just liked typing her name, “Vengeance Moth”), Katharsis (the hottie with an attitude and the kooky let’s sub out the “C” for a “K” name spelling).

Gail Simone does her best to inject some life into this and midway it does pick up steam, but this one lacks pizazz.

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was prepared to completely trash this one, but I just can't. Even a lesser work by Gail Simone - who is dependable with Batgirl and/or the Birds of Prey for DC - was still mildly entertaining if only for a few moments. However, the book was largely too-violent and ugly, so I can't call it enjoyable at all.

A group of teenagers and young adults with superpowers/abilities start a radical faction called 'The Movement' to bring anarchy to a blighted metropolis called Coral City. (One of them is code-named 'Virtue,' but they should've just gone ahead and called her 'Virtue Signaling' and then had her fellow teammates be 'Sanctimonious' and 'Moral High Ground.') The deck seemed a little too stacked in favor of this young group - they were supposed to be a dedicated bunch, but they actually came across as a little crazed and/or delusional at times with their violent threats and actions - and some of them were just not that well-defined or charismatic. It was problematic that I kept thinking how Batman, Green Arrow, or other DC vigilantes would've handled everything here with a lot more tact.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 1 out of 5]

Coral City’s riddled with corrupt cops, politicians and developers all preying on the little guy - but the people are mad as hell and they’re not gonna take it anymore! So a small group of superpowered young people are gonna hold a couple cops hostage and…?

I expected Gail Simone and Freddie E Williams II’s The Movement to be more interesting than it was which, it turned out to be, was not at all. I thought it’d be inspired by the Occupy Movement and maybe do something a little different like Brian Bendis/Alex Maleev’s Scarlet than fall back on standard superhero junk which it disappointingly ends up doing.

Meet a series of unmemorable superheroes younger readers are bound to not connect with: Katharsis, a winged ex-cop with a bad attitude; Mouse, King of… Rats?!; Virtue, Rainmaker, Tremor, and Vengeance Moth (really). Together they are Channel M, or The Movement, or, more accurately, a shitty Secret Six knockoff. The Movement’s beat is tenth to twentieth streets - the “‘Tweens”! Wow, Gail Simone.

It seems like Simone is headed to the “people rising up against the authorities that fail them” storyline to start with - ordinary people don silver masks that conceal their identities and that seems pretty cool. But then she has them stand around in front of cops who also wear masks who also just stand there. Nothing happens. No further commentary. And then she’s back to the crap superheroes, awkwardly shoehorning in unmemorable backstories, as they punch one another like the idiots they are.

Freddie E Williams II’s art is very scratchy and looks one step up from a bare-bones storyboard. He’s a digital artist and, while I’m not against the format, he doesn’t make it look like a better alternative. The superhero outfits are as forgettable as their tacked-on personas - Vengeance Moth’s character design is lifted entirely from Oracle/Barbara Gordon (cute bespectacled young woman in a wheelchair)!

The Movement is a vacuous superhero comic only vaguely trying to connect itself to something politically substantial, relevant and contemporary - and failing across the board. I didn’t like Simone’s Secret Six run either but maybe fans of that title will get something out of this. I suppose Simone did connect her characters to the Occupy Movement’s in a way - they’re both aimless, disorganised and ineffective!

[Chelsea 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

I get the feeling this was Gail Simone's baby. This was clearly a set up to a universe she planned to do so much more with but DC Rebirth came along and (most likely?) ended any chances of that. I see that there is a second volume and that's the extent of it. It makes me sad because I can see so much work went into this and it fell just short of being amazing for me.

The cast was so diverse. And I don't mean "1 black guy" diverse. There are 3 women of color, a disabled character and a hint that one of them, Virtue, may be bisexual. The characters each appear to have separate goals, distinct personalities and the premise is interesting enough. Some aspects of this did nothing for me. Perhaps, lighter, less gritty art could have pushed it from okay to great for me.

So, the premise is that the 'Tweens have a serial killer on the loose called "The Cornea Killer". They target homeless people and gouge their eyes out. The Movement dub themselves the guardians of this area and they're trying to hunt this killer down. The Movement protects the homeless population and takes in runaway children in their home called the Sweatshop. Simone gives an interest backstory to each of the characters to explain why they joined the group and even their homebase has an interesting background.

It's the storyline with the cops that was so uninteresting. It's clear that this book is making a statement by having a group of people least likely to feel protected by law enforcement. Especially corrupt law enforcement. There's also a billionaire character who's utterly disgusted by homeless people and completely apathetic towards their plight. I get what Simone's trying to do here but it just didn't go far enough for me. The storyline with the cops turns introspective and I don't know why. We just got introduced to these characters; I don't need to see them questioning each other and their morals right now. Save that for the future.

Also, there is an exorcism scene in this book that I think inspired Clean Room. There are definitely some elements of that scene that remind me of the exorcisms in Clean Room. So, bless this series for giving Gail Simone that inspiration.

If you're a Gail Simone fan, like I am, this is worth giving a shot. It's a soft recommend from me.

['kris Pung · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty fun book w/ an interesting group of superheroes. Also it gets extra points for working in a "double rainbow" reference.

[Nicky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I decided to get this one on the strength of the fact that a) it's Gail Simone, and though I don't like DC that much, I do like her work and b) I was fascinated by the diversity of the team line-up. They're all different -- characters of colour, a girl with a wheelchair, an ex-cop... they all have different backgrounds, different motivations, and the same goal that they have to struggle against the world and each other to achieve.

Much as I love Billy Kaplan and company (Young Avengers), that aspect never came through the way it did here. These guys feel more real. I know it's a criticism often levelled at DC, that they focus too much on trying to be dark and gritty. Well, this is, but it's also relevant in a way that I've never found Batman to be: this is a group of young people getting together against injustice. Not supervillains: injustice. Crooked cops who beat poor people and POC because they can. The whole system of privilege and disprivilege. It's a team of heroes for the Occupy Movement, for the 99%, for the disenfranchised.

And I enjoy the way they play off each other. The chirpy brightness of Vengeance Moth, the righteousness of Virtue, the struggle between Katharsis and Tremor. Mouse's crush on Tremor is sweet. I like the fact that -- like the Occupy movement itself -- they aren't of one accord, and they aren't perfect people. Katharsis wants to beat people's faces into pulp, while Vengeance Moth gives them hamburgers and doesn't see the risks.

My one problem so far is that Vengeance Moth's power takes her out of the chair. That's twice now for Gail Simone, that I know of: Barbara Gordon gets out of the wheelchair to be Batgirl again after that stint as Oracle, and then Moth gets tipped out of the chair and suddenly can fly. It's great to have superheroes in wheelchairs, and it's great that Simone doesn't limit them or think they're incapable as too many people do, but... I wanted Moth to fight from the wheelchair if she had to.

Let's have some badasses be badass while still in their wheelchairs, yeah? And let's not have any miraculous cures as though they need them to be really badass. If only my AU roleplay Steve Rogers was canon somewhere (had polio, in a chair, still fights, maybe has to work a bit harder for the respect he deserves but never gives up, never puts up with any bullshit).

Still, overall, I really loved this. I like the art a lot. And I can't wait for the second TPB, so I'll be hitting Comixology in hope pretty darn shortly.

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This felt awfully near, all things considered. I give Simone a lot of credit for making this more complicated than bad cops vs. good citizens, or vice versa. And her main cast is refreshingly, effortlessly diverse, with motivations that make sense. This volume was a bit exposition-y for my taste. Maybe it had to be. These are all new characters, after all. I hope it'll pick up in the next volume.

[Nuno R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I saw that Gail Simone wrote about revolutionary heroes, I was excited. I had loved Simone's Clean Room and this seemed to be something new. It was a disapointment.

All the issues have names that seem inspired by marxist theory, like this volume's name "Class Warfare" and revolution is something that pops up in the plot as imminent. But, at least in the first volume, it all seems like a zeitgeist-correct context for an ordinary story about humans with superpowers. Mind you, I am completely biased here: I think superheroes, 90% of the time, are super-boooooring.

The characters are not one-sided, and that's good. Some of the complexities of fighting revenge urges vs really trying to make a change come up. The art is vivid and good. But it still has a feel of revenge-wish fulfillment that I dislike. I don't like stuff like punisher, judge dread (to the extent that I don't read it). It seems sad to, instead of producing change, "simply" revel in fantasies of revenge against the oppressors.

In this context, my least favorite expression is "stick it to the man". My favorite comes from a truly revolutionary band: "rage against the machine". It's my politics: I dislike what remindes me of conspiracy theories (what man?, is it someone behind the scenes, a puppet master?) and empathize with critics of society and economical systems. Let us become more human, less machine like. And, please, try to change ourselves first.

[Nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me so long to get around to reading the second volume of The Movement, I thought I’d better reread the first. Perhaps it was very much of its moment, both in terms of the content and in terms of the effect on me: I wasn’t as taken with it this time round, though there’s still lots to love. The diversity of the characters, in terms of sexuality and gender and even political views. It’s great for the way the characters struggle against each other: they don’t automatically have the same opinions, and some of them clash on fairly fundamental levels (and yet friendship can win out — note to US politicians: try not seeing your opponent as total scum).

The art is still awesome; I love Virtue and Rainmaker in particular. And Tremor. Okay, I just love the art, okay. I do wish at times there was a bit of a brighter colour palette — I can tell I’m reading a DC comic just from the gloomy colouring! Though it is also appropriate to the world that these characters are living in, so it does make sense. (Marvel’s Young Avengers are a much more privileged group, after all.)

Originally posted here.

[The Sapphic Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

The themes in this book are still relevant today, dealing with power, who holds it, and what happens when that power is abused.

Most of the characters have various shades of grey to them and the central characters are predominantly women of colour. One or two of them might even be queer! There's plenty of diversity here, with even one character who uses a wheelchair and one of the strongest powers of the group. It's great to see! I do wish there'd been more variation in body shape, but all things considered, it's a minor flaw.


I love that conflict resolution is shown to be more effective when both parties are willing to talk over their issues. It also shows how leadership doesn't mean forcing people to get along by sheer will, but giving them the tools to work out their differences and come together in their own way.

Though some development feels a bit rushed, with too many characters and not enough time to give them all enough space, that's a common struggle with short series. For what it has, The Movement does a good job working with its various points of conflict.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine. Not the worst, but also not really good enough for me to continue. I admittedly picked this up because of Gail Simone, but it's not her best work. I do think it has value as maybe a comic for teens/millennials that struggle with authority and government corruption and stuff, but it also just wasn't that good. No memorable characters and the group was conflict-ridden but not in an engaging and thought-provoking way.

There was a super mild cliffhanger at the end that made me consider briefly picking up volume 2, but I think I'm just going to pass.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I get what Gail Simone and the art team was trying for here. A rough look at the underside of the DCNew52, and using the formerly (because really hasn't it died out) Occupy Movement as a template for disenfranchised supers.

There are some plusses to this book. It is not overly poltical, but in keying off of the Occupy Movement some of the story has lost its forward thrust as has the movement (an aside as an Oakland resident I am not a fan of what Occupy cost a lot of people in the city). Simone does not define the characters as sharply as she usually does, but I personally liked the little surprise we, as readers, get about Tremor. The hinted at larger story could be interesting, as in the privatization of city services, but in the era of writing for trade that idea is not sufficiently defined in this installment.

And, except for one character, points for introducing some new people int he DC Universe. So far it has been mostly re-treads so I want to acknowledge editorial and Simone for taking the non-tradtional route of the Big Two just constantly keep hauling re-boots of old characters (and sometimes not very good re-boots).

In summation some good ideas, execution and story not quite solid enough. In many ways it is easy to see why in today's market it got canceled.

[Jaime · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Buzzword Readathon #7

This comic was a pleasant surprise after seeing so many 1 and 2-star reviews. It reminds me a bit of The Authority (one of my favourite teams) but with younger characters and the waaayyyy more explicit politics.

I'll admit, the plot and characters took a couple issues for me to get used to as you're just thrown into a situation and have to pick up everything along the way, but by the time the volume was finished I found myself really invested in what was happening. This is a comic that weaves its politics into its plot and characters in a way I found pretty seamless.

The titular team are so diverse and wonderful, and I just loved them all. Virtue is a sapphic black woman who can "ride" emotions; Tremor is an asexual Indian woman with the ability to create vibrations, and therefore things like earthquakes; Katharsis is a Laotian immigrant with artificial wings; Mouse is a former street kid with the ability to talk to and control rats; Burden has unclear, MCU!Scarlet Witch-esque powers that made him think he was possessed by the devil; and Vengeance Moth is a wheelchair user who can become a giant green moth-thing.

Something that reminded me a lot of The Authority while reading this is the complex moral code all the main characters have. While they're not villains, or even anti-heroes really, they also ultimately aren't afraid of having a bit of collateral damage if it means saving the day.

If you're looking for a fun, well-written and well-drawn comic with lots of political overtones then this is definitely one you should check out.

[Mimi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really my cup of tea, over-all it lacked.... something. Probably won´t continue reading the series.

[Jeffrey E · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great. I feel like this was written for angsty teenagers that want to fight the system. If so, the message was still muddled and I had a hard time knowing who to root for. Perhaps that's the point; there are no "good" and "bad" people. The art was really nice! I liked the ideas behind some of the characters' powers. Occasionally the dialogue was funny. Sadly, that's about it.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the diverse cast and ethical quandaries here. Not just one strong woman but more than half the team, which was very refreshing. The heroines mainly had outfits that emphasized their boobs, though, which was weird in such a gritty, cerebral storyline. Also, it was hard to focus on what the goals actually were, since there were so many different opinions about what to do, which I found kept it from resonating with me as much as it could have. Sadly, it looks like this series continued for only two more issues.

Correction: Only 8 issues are listed on Goodreads as of 10/24/2014, but Amazon shows that issues 7-12 are bound into a Vol. 2 which releases 12/9/2014 where "Gail Simone concludes her run on this fascinating new series."

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book, because it had lots of great characteristics: Gail Simone writing; a comic-book take on the real-world Occupy-style movement; and evocative new heroes.

Unfortunately, it really doesn't go anywhere. The plot just spins for six whole issues with almost no movement. And when we do get movement it quickly gels into heroes fighting against villains. And there's really no social commentary and no Occupy movement in this all. It's just another take on "You Have Failed This City".

And the heroes: they are evocative, but their characterization is largely absent so I don't know much of who they are other than their innovative powers.

I also had the second volume out from the library, but by the end of this first volume I was so bored that I opted not to read it.

[anna marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is so good!!! I'm so upset there are only 2 volumes!! its got anti-police teens working together as an underground movement with gr8 diversity and like.... power
this is so Good
its pretty bloody and violent though, so far warning, plus the opening comic scene is revisited and its one of attempted sexual violence.

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Crass, shallow, stereotypical and stupidly, ignorantly earnest.

There is a LARGE difference between admiring vigilante justice (the vast majority of superhero comics) and cheering on a mob hell bent on vengeance (this comic).

[Ivy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was a very weird comic. Coral City seems like an interesting place to live. Poor Mouse. :-(.

[Krzysztof Grabowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gail Simone jest autorką, która ma już tam jakąś renomę, bo zabierała się do tej pory za Batgirl, Birds of Prey czy Wonder Woman. Dlatego też mocno zdziwiłem się, gdy zobaczyłem nazwisko tej Pani przy tytule, który de facto nic mi nie mówi. Nowy tytuł, z obiecującą grafiką. Zerknął i w sumie było na co.

Fabularnie nie jest to najwyższa półka, choć diabeł tkwi tu w szczegółach, bowiem poszczególne postacie to dość interesujące indywidua, o zaskakujących mocach. Jak to bywa u Pani Simone główny nacisk kładziony jest raczej na żeńskie charaktery. Mamy Katharsis, która "przewodniczy" grupie młodych superbohaterów, którzy stają do walki z korupcją, jaka toczy Coral City. Sama bohaterka wydaje się odczytywać ludzkie emocje. Mamy Mouse, który podobnie do Grimm'owego flecisty ma władzę nad gryzoniami. Mamy Tremor, która posiada moce sejsmiczne. Jest Virtue, która jest niezła w walce wręcz, a do tego posiada mechaniczne skrzydła. Jest postać na wózku inwalidzkim, niejaka Vengeance Moth. Jest też dziwny chłopiec, który wydaje się być opętany przez jakiś byt, choć jednocześnie nie jest to pokazane jednoznacznie, więc nie wiemy czy na dobrą sprawę nie jest to jego moc. Do ekipy dołączy też niejaka Rainmaker.

Ksywki są proste jak drut, wskazując jednocześnie kto jakie ma moce, czasami w dość prostacki sposób. Nie jest to jednak przeszkodą, bowiem siłą Movement (o dziwo) są dialogi. Naprawdę byłem ciekaw, kto kryje się za morderstwami popełnianymi w mieście. Motyw z pojawiającą się chmurką z opadami tylko nad ofiarą jest tak absurdalny, że aż dobry. Naprawdę. Tym bardziej, że głównym antagonistą komiksu wydaje się być jakiś zepsuty polityk-biznesmen, dbający tylko o swój interes.

Tytułowy Movement to ruch mieszkańców miasta, którzy walczą o to, aby coś zmienić. Dlatego też młodzież walcząca ma tutaj pełne poparcie cywili, którzy mają nawet wymowne maski, które zakładają na oznakę wsparcia. Robi to wrażenie zwłaszcza na samym początku, kiedy jesteśmy świadkami nadużyć ze strony dwóch policjantów. Motyw ten przewija się przez całe sześć zeszytów i jest w moim zdaniu czymś świeżym.

Niestety tempo i atrakcyjność akcji w pewnym momencie się zmienia, przez co Movement nie czyta się tak dobrze jak na początku, kiedy jeszcze nie wiadomo o co w tym wszystkim chodzi. Gdy Pani Gail wyłuszcza nam całą intrygę, to ta traci trochę, choć nadal wygląda momentami epicko. Sceny walk są tutaj bardzo ładnie zarysowane, a wejścia niektórych bohaterów można sobie wydrukować i oprawić w ramce lub mogą posłużyć za wzór na jakiś tatuaż. Dobra robota.

Taki jest Movement, który pozostawia mnie z pewnym niedosytem, bo ładnie zarysowuje problem korupcji w mieście i podaje nam na deser kilka ładnie wyglądających artów, z drugiej strony zahaczając w wielu momentach o fabularne, typowe rozwiązania, który sprawiają, że czytelnik mówi sobie: Ach, gdzieś już to widziałem. Niemniej jak na nową markę, uważam, że warto dać jej szansę. Zerknijmy co się dzieje w drugiem tomie.

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not feeling this one at all, and based on certain descriptions I'd heard, I wanted to like it. The characters and story elements somehow didn't quite come together into a coherent or satisfying whole. I didn't get a clear feel of why the whole neighborhood is basically locking off their block--it opens with two dirty cops being creeps, okay, but I didn't get any sense of there being a distinct systemic problem in this Force until like halfway through, so I did a lot of squinting trying to figure out why everyone is so up in arms. Was there one (or two) major event(s) that stood out and unified everyone? The serial killer angle gets lost in the general disorganized chaos of the story, so I can't point to that as a clear unifier. I also didn't get a clear sense of how all these supers got together, or how this whole underground community came to be, or how the heck everyone in the neighborhood is in on it (you're telling me EVERYONE is in on this? Come on!); it was all just dumped on us at once, without a decent introduction. (Also, who the hell is the Witch, and all the same questions about her and her group? Don't just throw a half-formed idea at us to check off the 'obligatory mysterious wild-card character' box or try to look cool.)
I know we often roll our eyes or grit our teeth at how women in comics all have the same shape (and they kinda do here: chesty and gooshy-lipped), but almost all the men in this comic have the same weirdly overly-beefed-up physique (not just the supers). Like, "they must have a muscle-overdevelopment disorder" physique; they look like shaved gorillas stuffed awkwardly into ill-fitting clothes.
The super-group has lots of internal tension, which is okay, but especially with one member it's at a degree where you ask yourself "how do they still hang out/work together?" and "why do they let this obvious liability anywhere near them or their plan?" (Not that they seem to have a clear plan.) It's a trainwreck of a team.
Finally, the bad-guys are just too cartoonishly bad. Yeah, yeah, I know this is a comic book, but it was just over-the-top moustache-twirling badness that I thought we grew out of sometime in the 50s. And are supers so common that you can just go out and hire a random assortment? *weary sigh* It gave an overall impression of trying to be gritty and intense and just-just failing to pull it off.
I'll give this a second volume to see if they find their feet, but based on the first volume I can't really recommend it.

[Leo · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Movement is the MOST Gail Simone comic I've read.

Gail Simone's series will often alternate between good and bad issues, but this one alternated between good and bad SCENES. Like usual, she can't decide if she wants to be nuanced or one-sided. Since this is her most political comic I've read, that becomes a large problem.

I thought the art was cool. Some of the characters were interesting, especially the kid who thought his super powers came from demonic possession. The aforementioned nuanced scenes were cool, too; but as a whole, the book was just a hot mess.

[Paweł · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bardzo spodobał mi się ten tytuł. Społeczna sprawiedliwość w najlepszym wydaniu. W mieście gdzieś na uboczu klasy ekonomiczne rozwarstwiają się dramatycznie, a policją i innymi instytucjami z cienia steruje pewien oligarcha. Tu na scenę wchodzi powszechny Ruch, złożony głównie z młodych obywateli, którzy chcą zmian w swoim środowisku. Nieszablonowy komiks, w którym nie ma podziału na dobro/zło.

[Layne Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5. This was alright. About as good as I expected it to be. Interesting story and the characters seem to be okay. Some are cool. Just wish the art was less gritty looking and the speech bubble context a tad more interesting at multiple points. Tremor and Rainmaker are my current favorites in this. Will be reading the second one.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is amazing to me that I know Simone is a great writer, yet am constantly surprised everyone I pick up something new that she had done. This book surprised me in all the best ways. The writing is quick and clever without too much exposition. She is talented in understanding what the artist is capable of showing, so she doesn't work that in. A great book.

[Guido]

El grupo de superhéroes de Coral City.
Tomo en el que participan: Holly Ann Fields, Roshanna Chatterji, Kulap Vilaysack, Burden, Jayden Revell, Captain Meers, Sarah Rainmaker, Drew Fisher, James Cannon, Anguish, Arson, Terrance Edgar Cannon, Monster Baby, Pallas (super hero), Joseph Whitt, Luis Peña, Officer Yee, Blaire Meers y Amanda Waller entre otros.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting idea, perhaps not executed as well as it could have been - mostly because it felt rushed. Perhaps pressures from the company dictated the pace of the story but some natural development would have made it better instead of forced.
Still an enjoyable comic - while the execution failed them the characters are memorable.

[Jacob Shaffer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gail Simone can write the shit out of a rag tag team. Fun characters aplenty, the evil mayor guy is great.
Typhoon be like, Tell Amanda Waller I’m quitting, these are my friends
And then one issue later she be like “Movement gang if that’s how we’re doing it I’m quitting” she just loves quitting
I might pick up Vol 2 and I feel like that’s mostly because I know it’s the last volume

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little busy.
We jump right in with no real background.
Still good even with those issues.
Interesting young people.
The backstories unfold as flashbacks.
Threads our set out. Waiting to see where we go....try it.