Jupiter's Circle

Jupiter's Legacy #3

by Mark Millar, Wilfredo Torres, Davide Gianfelice

Le monde moderne est devenu une dystopie. Mais la situation n'a pas toujours été aussi désespérée. Jadis, sous l'égide de surhumains réunis sous le nom de Jupiter's Circle, notre planète était plus proche du paradis. Il était facile de distinguer le bien du mal et les héros étaient intègres et infaillibles. Du moins, c'est ce que l'on croyait... Née de l'imagination de Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Ultimates, Kingsman : Services Secrets), cette épopée exploite tout le potentiel du genre super-héroïque. [Cet album contient les 12 épisodes de Jupiter Circle Book One et Two]

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

Kindle Edition

First published October 7, 2015

About the author

Mark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.

His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.

Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

2021

So I thought I'd give these a quick re-read now that Netflix has picked this up.



I also noticed that they've repackaged this as Jupiter's Legacy Vol. 1 Netflix Edition instead of Jupiter's Circle.



This isn't a bad thing in my opinion because anytime you change the name it makes it 10 times harder to read things in the right order and/or realize that they're even connected stories.



Anyway. Even though a lot of people aren't crazy about Mark Millar pumping out comics-as-screenplays, I still thought this held up as a decent story.


2018

I saw this on Hoopla and thought it looked cool.



The gist is that these two brothers and their friends found an island that gave them superpowers.
Yeah, I didn't understand it, either.<--doesn't matter
Why? <--you ask?
Well, because that's not the main point of this particular story.



The lion's share of this is about their personal lives and the dynamics that make up this group of superheroes. And isn't that the most interesting thing about superhero comics anyway?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Especially, if those dynamics look like they'd be at home on the stage with Jerry Springer.



Overall, this was good. I'm looking forward to finding out how this all turns out in volume 2.

[Jayson · Rating 4 out of 5]

(A-) 80% | Very Good
Notes: Vices and their prices, it's a Mad Men sort of feel, where inner plights are tougher fights and impulse takes the wheel.

*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #1–2 ◦ Issues #3–4 ◦ Issues #5–6

[Baba · Rating 4 out of 5]

This 'The Union' take on 1940-50s 'Golden Age' superheroes asks the big questions not normally asked like how would a gay superhero's sex-life function; the impact of alcoholism; and what happens if a married hero gets the urge for someone younger? A tale of what happens between the fights, set in a 1950s reality; asking the difficult questions but only giving the tried and tested answers, still works because the series asks the questions in the first place. The art is good, but not as stand-out as Frank Quitely's art in Jupiter's Legacy. Scrapes in as another Four Star read 8 out of 12, with such exquisite retro world building.

2024 read

[mark monday · Rating 2 out of 5]

disappointing. Mark Millar has always had a coolly professional approach when deconstructing superhero tropes; in the past I've appreciated that distance when comparing it to the sometimes more melodramatic and extreme decisions made by his peers. in this case, it both helps and hinders. these heroes of the post-World War 2 era have issues that are presented calmly and effectively: alcoholism, mid-life crisis resulting in an affair with a much younger woman; closeted sexuality. Millar's restraint reminded me - positively - of Mad Men's own exploration of such issues. but unfortunately that restraint just ends up making the whole endeavor feel both played out and uninteresting. a smart book, but nothing new or challenging is brought to the table.

that said, the cheerful, lusty, open-minded, amiably assholish, and very wealthy alcoholic George Hutchence (aka "Skyfox") was sympathetic and a lot of fun. a character who protects his closeted gay friend by blackmailing J. Edgar Hoover and later knocks that friend down because he prefers Hemingway to James Joyce... well that's a pretty amusing character to me.

the cover and chapter illustrations by Frank Quitely are great, but then Quitely is always great. the rest of the art - by Wilfredo Torres and David Gianfelice - succeeds in giving the story a classy retro sheen, but overall was not particularly interesting to me.

I won't be continuing with this, but I may check out the series set in the modern day for which this book is a prequel: Jupiter's Legacy.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jupiter’s Circle is a spinoff prequel to Jupiter’s Legacy, focusing on the first generation of superheroes, The Union, in the late ‘50s. The book’s divided into three two-issue stories focusing on the lesser-known characters like Blue-Bolt, The Flare, and Skyfox. It’s also incredibly mundane and continues Mark Millar’s no-hitter streak that is his Millarworld line of books!

The one thing Jupiter’s Legacy had that made it worth checking out is the thing that’s missing in Jupiter’s Circle: Frank Quitely. Quitely unfortunately only provides the covers to the series - the interiors are drawn by Wilfredo Torres and Davide Gianfelice. Then again the art is so dull and unexciting, it’s a good fit for Millar’s dreary scripts.

The stories: Blue-Bolt is in the closet and is being blackmailed by J. Edgar Hoover into disclosing his superhero buddies’ secret identities; The Flare is having a midlife crisis and leaves his wife and family for a much younger woman; Skyfox loses his fiancee to Brainwave and the pair fall out.

They’re soap opera plots! Corny as hell, poorly written, and completely uninteresting stale stories. The fact that they’re superheroes is almost incidental and the cheesy superheroics are brushed over quickly, much like the characters themselves. They wear the costumes but what are their powers? Blue-Bolt has a magic tube or something, The Flare… nope, and Skyfox… also nope! They can all fly, I think? Maybe they’ve all got super-strength? Such imagination! And those names are garbage - “Brainwave”, “The Union”, “Teen Scene”? That’s embarrassingly shitty even by Millar’s standards.

Aside from the Quitely covers, there isn’t a single redeeming quality to any of this crap. Jupiter’s Circle, Volume 1 is Mark Millar’s latest bowel movement in a long line of turds - definitely worth ignoring!

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A prequel to Jupiter's Legacy. It feels like Madmen for superheroes. Shows the underbelly of these "perfect" heroes.

[merixien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Açıkcası biraz dağınık bir cilt. Bunda orijinal serinin üçüncü kitabının bizde birinci kitap olarak gelmesi de etkili tabii. Bir şeylerin prequeli olduğunu hissediyorsunuz ama mevzunun ne olduğuna dair çok fikir sahibi değilsiniz. Spoiler olmaması için dillendirmesem de bazı tahminlerim var. Ama keşke “bak o öyle biri olacak da niye öyle oldu gör” ön bilgisi verilmeden, standart sırayla okusak daha hoş olurdu sanki.

[Sgrtkn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Başlangıç için biraz karışık geldi. Elimdeki tüm ciltleri arka arkaya okuyup sonrasında diziye bakmak istiyorum

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well Jupiter's Legacy you are not. I ordered part 2, so it might change my mind. However, let us discuss volume 1.

This is the past. So if you read Legacy you'll see the old original team from those books shown in full color here. You got the gay guy who's trying to hide his identity, the super sayian Superman father from Legacy and mother. You have his evil piece of shit brother. You also have the best friend, who becomes bad, or does he?

See I wanted to love this but didn't. Because Cliche hit it like a ton of fucking bricks. Like I've seen all these stories done a million times (and sometimes better) and it hurts the overall story because it's not done particularity well. Executed okay, but not all that well entertained. As you can see I don't remember anyone's name lol.

Also the art is a little tame. It grew on me but it's not even close to the original.

Overall I'd say it's worth reading to the backstory of these characters but I have to say, I'm a tad upset it wasn't more engaging. Especially coming from Legacy which is damn fantastic.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was really good and serves as a prequel to Jupiters Legacy as we learn of the original utopians including Sheldon, Grace, Walter, Richard, Fitz and George. The first story is about Richard aka Blue bolt and him accepting his homosexuality meanwhile the other is about Fitz aka Flare and him falling for a girl named April and he breaks up his marriage only to realize how important his family is and that this girl won't stick around much longer and the other is about George aka Skyfox and his love interest and how she was stolen by Walter and his descent into villainy with a couple of moments of them fighting aliens or parallel universe selves. Its a great book focusing on day to day life of these heroes and showing their fallacies but ending with a good moral value and like focuses on their humanity more than the heroics, it shows the ugly side of heroes and the art may not be that perfect but works well for the series and some moments are just gorgeous. Millar explanding the world really well over here.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stories about how various members of the League's sex lives almost ruin the League.

No. Really.

I am giving 1 star to the story about why Walter and George fell out. Because they are grown men with superpowers and need to grow up, but at least now I know what was going on.

I am giving 2 stars to the story of how Fitz ended up in a wheelchair, because that was actually interesting. I mean, I feel zero sympathy, but still, it was interesting.

I give ZERO STARS to the first story, about how one of the superheroes is SECRETLY GAY! And how he hangs around with all the other SECRET GAYS at the SECRET GAY PARTIES of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Clearly the writer read that salacious tell all by Scotty Gas Station Attendant about the SECRET GAYS, and decided to cram it all into this to show off all the SECRET GAY TRIVIA he knows. The story went nowhere, and existed only to show Hoover being a hypocrite and a tool. Yeah, yeah, real edgy.

[The Lion's Share · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a good sequel after legacy. Decent artwork but the stories just don't really go anywhere.

[Bob Solanovicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Who would've thought Mark Millar was actually capable of writing something that's not pure shock value?! I certainly wouldn't and that's why I was pleasantly surprised by this book. At first glance it seemed like another high-concept stupidity, this time Mad Men meets superheroes (and I'm pretty sure the original pitch/idea was exactly that) but it's not. Yeah, it has characters smoking cigarettes all the time and it's set in the early 60s (or maybe late 50s, not sure) and the guys drink a lot (at least Skyfox does who behaves like some Roger Sterling) but that's about the only similarity with Mad Men. The series is actually set of short stories, two-parters with kind of two-dimensional characters but it works. It works because it seems honest and from the heart, which is a rare thing to say about Millar's previous work. Starlight started nicely with that first issue, but after the 2nd episode I just wasn't interested anymore. Jupiter's Circle kept me glued to the pages to the very end and the only reason I didn't read it in one go was that I wanted to prolong experiencing these characters lives. There's some really original twists and concepts, in, of course, superhero book terms and it all goes to show Millar is more than a capable and interesting writer when he chooses to be. It's a pity that it doesn't happen more often.

The art, although functionable, could have been more detailed to make up for the fast reading. I'm all for "less is more" approach but in this case it's too economic for my taste. Also, in the beginning, the only way tell main male characters apart is the color of their hair which brings me to another segment of this book, apart from the writing, that's done more than right. Ive Svorcina's colors make up for all that's missing in the art and what a beautiful choice of colors it is! Even better and more disciplined than on Starlight.

Anyway, here's hoping Millar won't fuck it up in the next volume!

P.S. Those of you who think you have to read Jupiter's Legacy first to understand the characters better or the story - feel free to dig in this one without fear. It actually works better if you do not know who the characters are. You'll get all the information you need here.

[Jenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

Umm... I'm really not sure what to think about this. It really was all over the place and the characters were all kind of horrible.

I had never heard of this series until the Netflix version came out. So naturally, I wanted to read the source material before diving into the show. This was kind of a clusterfuck. We were just thrown into these stories without any real introduction as to who these people were. And because a lot of the males were drawn the same, when they weren't in their costumes, I couldn't tell who was who. I felt that for a first volume, this was a let down in character development.

Also, I didn't really want to root for most of them because no - especially the guy who leaves his wife & children for a much younger girl, only to come back when he's injured and the new girl refuses to stay with him. So much for women empowerment in this comic.

There were some interesting plotlines and I am intrigued on where it's going, but I really hope these characters become likable.

[Carla A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Far from a must read but entertaining enough. Will probably carry on with Vol. 2. In terms of that throw back appeal I would take Black Hammer any time.

[Stephen Richter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Soon to be a Netflix series , sort of a knockoff of the Watchmen but not quite a good.

[Nuno Ferreira · Rating 5 out of 5]

A verdade é que terminei os dois volumes de O Legado de Júpiter com um gosto agridoce nos lábios. A premissa é muito interessante, ou não subvertesse ela a imagem dos super-heróis despojados de defeitos e nos apresentasse uma boa remessa deles, já a chegar à terceira idade e com a difícil tarefa de lidar com as taras e manias dos filhos, que cresceram toldados pela imagem de celebridades, com todos os vícios associados à fama. Mas a execução deixou algo a desejar, pelo menos na minha ótica, que “não adorei” aquela série. Talvez por isso tenha partido para O Círculo de Júpiter com algumas reservas.

Trata-se de uma prequela de O Legado de Júpiter. Ela apresenta-nos esses mesmos super-heróis que conhecemos aposentados, mas não pensem que vamos conhecer típicos super-heróis da DC ou Marvel. Eles são mundanos e cheios de problemas do quotidiano, mas são os seus comportamentos e quezílias familiares que dão força e substância a esta BD, que se revelou uma surpresa bem mais positiva do que eu estava à espera. Millar apresenta aqui uma frivolidade que nos remete para os tempos idos da nona arte, e que me soube extremamente bem revisitar, nesta leitura coerente e imersiva do autor escocês.

O Círculo de Júpiter apresenta-nos a primeira geração de seres humanos com super-poderes, e explica a origem dos conflitos, ressentimentos e rivalidades entre eles, que pudemos observar em O Legado de Júpiter. Mais mais do que mostrar uma era ideal, Millar confronta os leitores com o facto de que a era dourada não foi essa pátina cor-de-rosa, que preconceitos de raça, de género e de ideais políticos moldaram e desfiguraram as ações das suas personagens, pelo meio de cenas de sexo, bebedeiras e drogas, enganos e traições.

Este álbum apresenta os nossos heróis caídos nas vicissitudes de uma vida supérflua. As mentiras, as falsidades e o álcool são os melhores instrumentos para lidar com os embustes e com a solidão. Estamos nos anos 50, nos EUA, onde os maiores super-heróis vencem com facilidade os inimigos mais poderosos, mas revelam dificuldades em superar os seus traumas e problemas do dia-a-dia. Com uma abordagem política muito interessante, temas fracturantes e cenas polémicas, este livro é um espelho da sociedade e dos seus esforços para camuflar potenciais alvos de censura pública.

Sheldon, Walter, Grace e companhia são personagens que Mark Millar descreve com tenacidade e contexto, mostrando-nos um mundo de intermitência e desconfiança, onde os custos pessoais revelam-se como preços demasiado altos a pagar. A arte, levada a cabo desta feita por vários artistas mas com especial incidência por Wilfredo Torres, Davide Gianfelice, Chris Sprouse, Ty Templeton e Rick Burchett, acompanha com destreza e o cunho ideal esta narrativa tortuosa que Millar começa e finaliza com grande eficácia.

O volume apresenta ainda algum material extra, com cada issue dividido através da capa original da autoria de Frank Quitely na primeira série e Bill Sienkiewicz na segunda, para nos regalar no final do álbum com as dezasseis minibiografias de argumentista, desenhadores, arte-finalistas, coloristas, designer, ilustradores de capas e editores originais, mas também duas capas alternativas. A obra de Millar é propriedade da Netflix, que planeia a adaptação de O Legado de Júpiter a série televisiva, ainda sem data prevista de estreia.

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[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

It seems I'm late to the party and also rowing against the current of consensus but I enjoyed this glimpse into the lives and loves of the late-Eisenhower era heroes we first met in Jupiter's Legacy.

Another reviewer already commented that the series felt like Mad Men with superheroes, and I can't disagree as the simpler art employed definitely resonated with that "plastic fantastic" aesthetic. Plus, everyone was smoking all the time! Very much of its age.

[Jeff Carr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick and entertaining, though it’s clearly setting up a bigger story. Enjoyed the parallels to other heroes. Art style was ok. Interested to see where this goes.

[Tesutamento · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bu kitabı aslında ikinci okuyuşumun üzerine bunu yazıyorum. İlk okumayı yaptığım sırada bu mecrayı kullanmıyordum. O zamanki çizgi roman kültürümün de daha sınırlı olmasındandır ki kitabı beğenmiştim. Şimdi ise o kadar da iyi değilmiş derim.

İlk ciltten sonrasını okumamış olduğumdan bu kez seriyi baştan sona bitireyim dedim. Yazarı olan Millar'ı beğenmesem de kendisine göre fena bir iş ortaya koymamış. Keşke seri Netflix'e satılmadan önceki haliyle yani orijinal basım sırasıyla çıksaydı da daha derli bir okuma sunabilseydi. Bu haliyle bir bütünün özü değil de eklemesi gibi bir deneyim sunuyor.

Akıllara ilk gelen süper kahraman birliği tiplemelerinin "gerçek hayatta olsalardı özel hayatlarında nasıl sorunlar yaşarlardı?" hikayesi demek yeterli olur. Üç farklı hikayeden oluşuyor. Bu hikayelerin başlıkları da gizli homoseksüel olduğu için şantaja uğrayan, orta yaş krizine girip genç sevgili yapan ve olgun davranamadığı için yalnız kalan olurdu.

Hikayeler fazlasıyla hızlı işleniyor ve karakterler de fazlasıyla tek yönlü. Haliyle pek umursanacak bir tarafı yok kitabın. Yaşadıkları problemlerin de hiçbiri süper kahraman olmaktan kaynaklanan şeyler değil. Haliyle neyi, nasıl ve neden anlatmaya çalıştığını anlamak kolay değil. Yine de çok kafa yormayıp, hızlıca okunup, bir daha açılmamak üzere rafa kaldırılabilecek bir çizgi roman.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

After recently finishing Jupiter’s Legacy, I was intrigued to read the two prequels which detailed the six heroes' early days. While Mark Millar remained the author, the artist switched to Wilfredo Torres, with the two covers by original artist Frank Quitely.

Told in six chapters, the chapters center on the other four members of the team besides the married couple, The Utopian and Lady Liberty. Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the Union of Justice team members are still grappling with their new identities and the fame that goes along with their powers.

The book opens with the reveal that Blue Bolt is gay, who is trying to hide that fact from his team. J Edgar Hoover tries to blackmail him, and he tries to commit suicide under the strain of his secret, but the team supports him and Blue Bolt gets his revenge against Hoover.

The Flare has a mid-life crisis and begins an affair with a nineteen-year-old girl who idolizes him, so he leaves his wife and three children for her. A horrible accident shows the true colors of his young girlfriend, with his loyal wife coming back to him. This story infuriated me- he didn’t deserve the second chance his wife gave him after so publicly flaunting his new romance. Asshole.

Skyfox and Brainwave have never gotten along, as Skyfox is always baiting Brainwave. Known as a playboy, Skyfox finally falls in love but Brainwave lays in wait, looking for a way to finally get back at Skyfox. Although both men are jerks, Skyfox deserves what happens next to him.

There was definitely a Mad Men vibe, with lots of smoking by everyone (it was actually funny seeing the heroes with cigarettes) and the sexism. On a side note, in the original series, a seventh person from the boat group was featured- they looked younger, like a teen. This character has never been seen or mentioned again. I hate when there are inconsistencies like that. The art by Torres is solid, but part of my lack of excitement is because I am comparing it to Quitely’s art which helped define the series. That’s why I hate when artists change within a series, people get attached to a certain art style and it’s hard to accept the next style even if it is good.

This review (plus V2) can be found on my blog: https://graphicnovelty2.com/2021/05/2...

[OmniBen · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review)
Well, colour me somewhat impressed. Mark Millar was one of the last of the bigger names in recent years who've managed to make the (somewhat controversial)transition from comics writer to modern media sell/juggernaut/mogul, pick whichever you see fit. I'd tried to read a series of his a couple of years back. I can't remember what it was, but I remember feeling distinctly underwhelmed. Thinking 'this is the guy everyone speaks so highly of'. Well, flaws aside, I can kinda see where they were coming from with Jupiter's Legacy. The guy is far from an Alan Moore, but his succinct, snappy storytelling hit all the notes with very little going to waste here. You could take this trade into the bathroom, and breeze through it so quick, it would be done before its time to wipe, yet the story never suffers for it. There's really no fat on these bones, and speaking from someone who likes to, you know, read words when they read a book, I was surprised how little I cared about the lack of actual reading needing doing.
As someone who doesn't care a great deal for superheroes, Millar focused on what I find far more interesting when exploring such concepts as superpowered people. It's not the punching bad guys, or the world being threatened on a day ending in Y, its the people behind the powers. Watching a person be a superhero, meh, for the most part. Watching a superhero being a person. I can get behind that in a big way. Sure, if it was reversed, and the former was the norm, it might not be so special. But this was a breath of fresh air. Millar's social commentary and personal outlooks didn't even intrude into my enjoyment anywhere near as much as it could have, or maybe should have. I'm moving straight on to volume two. That says it all right there. 4/5

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very good. Cruddy art and cliche stories.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I'm falling into a bad habit at home. when I know I won't have an uninterrupted hour+ to settle into the brick I'm currently reading (ex: Cibola Burn) I'm opting for comics trades. Quick, often easy reads, and less frustrating when I'm interrupted.

At the same time, for now, I'm planning to shift my emphasis to writers I've followed in the past or currently (yes, I want to finish Scott Snyder's American Vampire and read hit Batman, aslo see last week's completion of Gail Simone's Secret Six to soon be followed by her Clean Room). So I loaded some Mark Millar to the tablet.

I have conflicted feelings when it comes to Millar. He went through a period when it was all about what could he write that would shock the reader. I consider that cheap and lazy writing and began to lose interest in his work around the time of The Authority and The Ultimates.

Then he began doing more creator owned work, and I though he writing improved. I know Jupiter's Legacy was written before Jupiter's Circle, but in a chronological way Circle comes first.

The strength of the story is when Millar uses super heroes as a lens to look at American society. Blue-Bolt is a closeted gay man whom J Edgar Hoover tries to blackmail (I loved how Millar resolved that issue), and everything it means to him as a person, his image, his friends that he is gay.

Really there is not a lot of characterization here, but in a way that's ok. We're seeing how the morals of the day influence the heroes' lives outside of saving the world. Whether it is extra marital affairs, egos clashing, or the treament of women ( I think Millar is aiming at how women were treated in 1950s and 1960s America, and not his personal beliefs).

I'm interested enough to read volume two before moving onto Jupiter's Legacy (which I've heard might be better than Circle)

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jupiter's Circle is firmly in the Black Hammer wheelhouse of focusing on the home life and interactions of superheroes - and I think that's great! I read enough Marvel and DC comics to be pretty familiar with what happens when a person with super-strength punches another person with super-strength. Give me the struggles with homosexuality, alcoholism, and infidelity instead!

Mark MIllar's takes on all these topics aren't particularly revelatory, but they satisfy and keep the story chugging along. This isn't the typical Millar tale with outsize personalities and gargantuan twists. Jupiter's Circle is surprisingly grounded, making it an odd companion read to Jupiter's Legacy. Hard to believe these comics are in the same universe (especially with Wilfredo Torres' art being fine, but no Frank Quitely).

[Andreas · Rating 2 out of 5]

I decided to pick this one up in the lead up to the upcoming Netflix release. This was an intriguing enough concept, Superheroes saving the world but they battle personal demons just like the regular populace they are helping - This ain't no Captain America (Steve Rogers version).

The issue for me is that the stories read like a bad soap opera. There is just isn't enough here that makes for anything interesting. Yeah, I hate to say it but "boring" is the word.

If it wasn't for the Netflix series, I probably wouldn't bother moving on to the next volume but hopefully this picks up going forward.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Be careful because they renumbered these graphic novels for the Netflix release. Vol 1 and 2 of The NETFLIX EDITION of Jupiter's Legacy is actually Jupiter's Circle.

I enjoyed this book but didn't love it. Straight up superhero drama reminiscent of The Watchmen though it doesn't deconstruct the genre in the same way.

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story! I wasn't much of a fan of the art at first, but it did grow on me and I like it now. As for the story, I love those outsiders super-heroes, heroes with flaws, I'm a huge Watchmen fan and in some way this one remind me of it a little. I will continue on because I'm really curious to see what the author has in mind!

[Dakota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great characterization by Mark Millar. Without knowing anything about what is coming next in the story, this volume felt absolutely crucial to read because by the end, I genuinely cared about a handful of characters and I am excited to read more. Not much more you would want in a prequel

[Chris Greensmith · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I don't mean to be so badly behaved. I blame it all on dad's booze-damaged spermatozoa and my mothers crazy eggs.
I know darling."