Pulse of Power

Pulse of Power #1

by Anne Elizabeth, Marcio Fiorito (Artist), Alisa Kwitney (Editor)

Destiny is always a choice Tia Stanton is not an ordinary woman. Created from a mystical rite, she is birthed into a world where chaos and organization run side by side; where monster and man live in unison but rarely with recognition of each other. Until the race begins - a fight to gain access to the pool of power lying beneath her hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. It coincides with her twenty-fifth birthday and her last chance to accept the full mantel of this supernatural power. Tia is forced to deal with the fact she's different. That she can recycle sin energy and make something good out of it. The world is literally at stake, as is a multitude of other planets which are tied to her own.

Genres: Graphic Novels

56 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2010

Reviews

[Chelsea B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of confusing and rushed, but an interesting story. I wish the romance had been developed more. Well, actually I wish all of it had been developed more.
Maybe in volume 2.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got the chance to meet Anne Elizabeth at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con so I got the opportunity to read a signed copy of her graphic novel.

[Robert Bussie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story is like watching an involved movie starting at the middle. It leaves you with two many questions about important events that already took place.

The main character, Tia, has some magic powers, but not as much as her friend Kitten. Where did these power come from? Is it from the Academy for girls? What is the Academy for girl? The club "Viv" is an interesting location that seems to house magic users of assorted planets or dimensions(?). However, it is mentioned only briefly and like Tia's magical powers the story acts like the reader should already know about it.

The book ends on an interesting cliff hanger that hopefully improves the plot from this book in future sequels. On the plus side the art work is well done.

[Lady Lioness · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up direct from the author at the 2011 NY Comic-Con. Very nice lady, but kinda eh story. The illustrations were great, but the story felt very abbreviated and rushed. I feel the first volume of a graphic novel series should do an excellent job of world-building and giving the reader an idea of what to expect in the future. While the description of Vivant was wonderful, I felt like this was supposed to be a sequel as I kept feeling like I was missing things. How long were Tia and Chris together? How did Chris end up with Kitten? How did the prince guy end up in Tia's dreams? There was definitely potential here, but so far, it's unrealized.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-written, but it felt like a fragment of a longer work, and was thus a bit frustrating. Apparently the second volume was put out by a different publisher, and then there's been a huge hiatus. Too bad, because this book did have some intriguing concepts.
The artwork is a bit too pinup-oriented for the story, beginning with the "Hi, here's my butt" cover, but Dynamite books tend to be that way. I will be curious to see if the later volumes have the same style.