Kill All Parents (Image) reviewed!
I'm not a huge supporter of Image Comics, but every once in a while I will see something that interests me and I pick it up.
In this case it was a one shot called Kill All Parents.
Writer Mark Andrew Smith and artist Marcelo Di Chiara set up a universe where the heroes have very familiar backgrounds. In fact they are so similar that trademark and copyright attorneys are circling overhead.
I usually don't like these kinds of riffs on already established DC and Marvel heroes, but this issue does it well enough that I actually enjoyed it. There is a sense of humor about the whole issue that makes it entertaining.
The premise is there is a mad scientist that can see in to the future and sees that the world is going to suck. By the way, the device is called the Omniveritas. And no, the name is not more stupider than the Ultimate Nullifier.
So instead of just sit by and let this happen he decides to alter all these potential heroes lives by killing their parents (think Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, etc...) and uses the tragedy to make them steadfast!
Well the heroes assemble in a JLA like team and figure out that this mad butthole set all this up by killing their parents. So they gather...
The writing is witty. It takes the well known themes and quickly manages to make fun of the history of our comics, yet in a respectful way that doesn't look to cheapen anything. So a job well done there.
Such as this little moment (the graphic image below is not as graphic as you think...read the comic as I don't want to spoil the twist).
The Discipliner! Ha! If you think about it, the Discipliner sounds about as serious as the Punisher.
The art is also very cool...one of my new favorites. It has an old school flavor to it and moves well. One of the big companies is going to pick this Marcelo Di Chiara guy up for a regular. Mark my words!
So check this comic out. I know that I really liked it because when I was searching the end of the comic for news of an ongoing series and didn't find squat I was actually disappointed! And how often does that happen in comics?
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