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Knighted #1 by Gregg Hurwitz
3.0

What happens when a loser kills a superhero and then has to fill his shoes.

Knighted is the story of Bob. See Bob just proposed to his long time girlfriend and got denied. Then one day when he's going down the street he sees someone spying on girls getting changed and pulls the wire, and the person falls and cracks his head. Bob finds out it's The Knight, a hero of New York. Bob soon finds out though from the Butler of the Knight that he was kind of a dick, so Bob is forced into the life of the superhero, but of course this doesn't go well.

The idea is A LOT of fun. I will say there's some touching moments with Bob's nephew, some great fight scenes, and the Butler is funny. But some of the scenes feel fast forward and out of place, the dialogue sometimes isn't the best at points, and the art can be rough at times especially with facial expressions.

I'm intrigued enough to read volume 2 but wasn't blown away. A solid, fun time.