Power Cubed

by Aaron Lopresti, Joanna Estep (Illustrator)

On his eighteenth birthday, Kenny's inventor father gives him a present like none a piece of alien technology with phenomenal power! But when this amazing, matter-reinterpreting cube soon attracts the attention of bumbling Nazi scientist Dr. Cruel and elite government agent Claire Covert, Kenny must find a way to survive with only his wits and a new-fount power he barely understands! Writer-artist Aaron Lopresti delivers a comical coming-of-age tale in a fantastic sci-fi universe!Aaron Lopresti is a well-regarded American comic book artist who has worked on a wide variety of characters Spiderman The X-men, The Hulk, The Avengers, Batman, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Superboy, Xena, Star Trek, Gen 13, Mystic, and the self published Atomic Toybox (just to name a few). Power Cubed is his first creator owned project for Dark Horse.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

104 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 17, 2016

About the author

Aaron Lopresti is an American comic book artist who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, CrossGen Comics and Image Comics.

Reviews

[Stanley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This ones a winner.

A high school boy has troubles connecting with his father after the passing of his mother. They are both creative, but in different ways.

On his birthday, he discovers how their creativity can be harnessed together when he receives a cube from his father that can convert mass from one thing to another thing of the same size.

I few hijinks ensue before some goons try to steal it from them.

The goons, oh, they were sent by Dr. Cruel... that's right. He's trying to communicate to a brain in a glass jar and has some sort of Bane/Immortan Joe breathing apparatus.

There are so many cool places that this can go. The characters are fun, the art is nice and vibrant, and there is enough imagination here that this thing could go on for a while if they want it to.

I'm looking forward to issue #2 coming out soon.

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is very much aimed at kids in style and writing, but has some over-the-top content that doesn't quite mesh. There are several strands tied together around an 18-year-old who gets a cube that transmutes objects. There's an alien race, an 'evil' doctor, a covert female agent, a kidnapped girlfriend, and pretty much every other comic book cliche you can image, stuffed into four issues, and peppered with some really poor excused for humor. The villainous doctor is embarrassingly formulaic, and everything is really trite. The best part of the comic is some of the creative designs Kenny comes up for his creations. Other than that, I'd recommend readers go for Invincible instead, which covers a fair bit of the same concepts in a much more enjoyable and innovative way.