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Catalyst Prime Universe
Summit Vol. 2: Price of Power
Having helping hands does wonders for one's recovery, especially when you have both superpowers and the media breathing down your neck.
After beginning to recover from her experiences in space, losing her girlfriend Kay, and realizing she has superpowers, Valentina "Val" Resnick-Baker has found herself in a better place surrounded by new friends, Fiona, and a new job at MIT. Unfortunately--because life can never be easy for Val--there's a new threat on the horizon; one that's threatening to steal her suit and her powers. All Val may want is peace, but the world needs her to be a superhero.
After beginning to recover from her experiences in space, losing her girlfriend Kay, and realizing she has superpowers, Valentina "Val" Resnick-Baker has found herself in a better place surrounded by new friends, Fiona, and a new job at MIT. Unfortunately--because life can never be easy for Val--there's a new threat on the horizon; one that's threatening to steal her suit and her powers. All Val may want is peace, but the world needs her to be a superhero.
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2018
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About the author
Amy Chu
326 books196 followersWinner Bram Stoker Award, Gold Anthem Award. Writer for DC, Vertigo, Marvel, IDW and more, including: Poison Ivy, Ant-Man, Deadpool, Red Sonja, Green Hornet, Sensation Comics Wonder Woman, X-Files. KISS and DMC Comics. Cofounded Alpha Girl Comics, publisher of Girls Night Out and other comics. Frequent comic-con panel speaker and moderator.
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January 17, 2019
One of the better Catalyst Prime books. I like the focus on science even if this turns into something of a corporate raider story. I especially like the amount of women involved in science in the book, I work in tech and would love to see more women apply themselves to STEM. Having empowered female characters helps young girls to see they can do the same.
December 10, 2018
I was provided an ARC by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
I wouldn't know where to start to summarize this, so I'm not going to...
This second volume of this comic left me feeling weird. I was expecting it to be bad considering the rating but it really wasn't.
The story made sense and the characters were as interesting as ever. Still, something was missing and just like when I was reading the first volume, I felt like I was missing something, I found it not that understandable somehow. I think something is lacking in the world building. We should know more. Maybe I didn't start with the right series?
But I would have liked it if I could have started this world with this series and still not feel completely lost at times.
Anyway, it has good, interesting characters and intrigue but I wish the world was more detailed, that the characters background had more to it.
I wouldn't know where to start to summarize this, so I'm not going to...
This second volume of this comic left me feeling weird. I was expecting it to be bad considering the rating but it really wasn't.
The story made sense and the characters were as interesting as ever. Still, something was missing and just like when I was reading the first volume, I felt like I was missing something, I found it not that understandable somehow. I think something is lacking in the world building. We should know more. Maybe I didn't start with the right series?
But I would have liked it if I could have started this world with this series and still not feel completely lost at times.
Anyway, it has good, interesting characters and intrigue but I wish the world was more detailed, that the characters background had more to it.
December 10, 2018
'Summit Vol. 2: Price of Power' by Amy Chu with art by Federico Dallocchio takes a step back in quality from the first volume and that's too bad.
Val Resnick-Baker is settling in to her life post-Event. She is teaching at M.I.T. and her team is finding new ways to build power suits for her. But it seems that her team isn't the only one involved in high tech weaponry. It also seems that it's not Foresight that is the bad guy, at least this time.
The random flashbacks seemed to be missing, which I'm glad about, but the story was a standard industrial espionage case that felt tired. The art took a step back this volume as well. The whole thing seemed full of promise with Volume 1. I hope that things can turn around after this volume.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Val Resnick-Baker is settling in to her life post-Event. She is teaching at M.I.T. and her team is finding new ways to build power suits for her. But it seems that her team isn't the only one involved in high tech weaponry. It also seems that it's not Foresight that is the bad guy, at least this time.
The random flashbacks seemed to be missing, which I'm glad about, but the story was a standard industrial espionage case that felt tired. The art took a step back this volume as well. The whole thing seemed full of promise with Volume 1. I hope that things can turn around after this volume.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
November 3, 2018
One and a half stars, in truth.
Once again Catalyst Prime use up what few smarts the universe had in Volume One, and by the time of the second trade we're on much less enjoyable ground. Here, our heroine is almost meandering through things – certainly for a book that wants to be so "woke" you'd want our leading lady to have more agency. Her colleagues are plain annoying, interchangeable and not worth the time of day; the story just lumps along (with some of the weakest "cliff-hangers" to the separate issues, seriously – some of them just seem to stop because the page limit was met, and for nothing more dramatic whatsoever); and at several key times the whole thing seems to have been edited by an orang utan – speech bubbles seem out of order, or pages misaligned, or dialogues cut beyond the bare bones so they start leaking the marrow. This isn't heinously bad, but it really isn't as interesting or fun as it should be. I'm sure it'll be quite forgettable.
Once again Catalyst Prime use up what few smarts the universe had in Volume One, and by the time of the second trade we're on much less enjoyable ground. Here, our heroine is almost meandering through things – certainly for a book that wants to be so "woke" you'd want our leading lady to have more agency. Her colleagues are plain annoying, interchangeable and not worth the time of day; the story just lumps along (with some of the weakest "cliff-hangers" to the separate issues, seriously – some of them just seem to stop because the page limit was met, and for nothing more dramatic whatsoever); and at several key times the whole thing seems to have been edited by an orang utan – speech bubbles seem out of order, or pages misaligned, or dialogues cut beyond the bare bones so they start leaking the marrow. This isn't heinously bad, but it really isn't as interesting or fun as it should be. I'm sure it'll be quite forgettable.
November 2, 2018
Viewing it on Netgalley I decide to have a look even if I wasn't very thrill by the vol. 1. And I discover that I wasn't really thrill with vol. 2 either. I won't go on with this series for sure and I will just post the exact review (lazy me) that I post for vol. 1 because I have the exact same opinion and feeling about it!!
Part of new lines of super-heroes. This volume, and this new lines in general, failed badly in the originality. I said it many time, with the strength and diversity of Marvel and DC in the super-heroes world, you got to come really strong and original to present sometimes new and independent. This isn't the case here. A story we have seen many times, not strong enough characters and illustration that are again too average to make it come out. Not bad, but way too poor and not original enough to catch my interest and attention!
Part of new lines of super-heroes. This volume, and this new lines in general, failed badly in the originality. I said it many time, with the strength and diversity of Marvel and DC in the super-heroes world, you got to come really strong and original to present sometimes new and independent. This isn't the case here. A story we have seen many times, not strong enough characters and illustration that are again too average to make it come out. Not bad, but way too poor and not original enough to catch my interest and attention!
June 18, 2019
With this second volume, things build up a bit more. The characters get a little more depth and become a bit more relatable. It was a fun read.
Amy Chu is giving a heart to the characters and that's a beauty itself. It just needs an extra push to set this book and characters apart from other comic book stories. It's still a bit "been there, done that". And no, the fact that Val is bisexual is not enough. With all the pieces around something really interesting can be built to explode our heads. All the potential is here. Let's see how it evolves.
Amy Chu is giving a heart to the characters and that's a beauty itself. It just needs an extra push to set this book and characters apart from other comic book stories. It's still a bit "been there, done that". And no, the fact that Val is bisexual is not enough. With all the pieces around something really interesting can be built to explode our heads. All the potential is here. Let's see how it evolves.
March 22, 2020
the bits where they are jerky academics about nothing being as good as MIT - too real
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