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james_desantis 's review for:
Youngblood, Vol. 1: Reborn
by Chad Bowers, Jim Towe
Ouch this was a miss for me almost completely.
So Youngblood is all about heroes from the 90's being annoyed these new heroes are coming in taking their name. See, the series wants you to know this used to be a thing. You don't technically have to read the original to understand what is happening (Though I'll get to that) but it helps because it fills up why there's so much animosity in the new group called "Youngblood" and these kids/adults teaming up to face the world of bad guys and horrors in their first step to being a newly formed team both old and new.
Good: I enjoy the art. It's simple, clean, and bright. Also thought some of the dialog was pretty funny, I especially like The Thing--I mean the big rock dude.
Bad: Everything feels like you SHOULD know these people in the original series before enjoying this. The big focus here is the new kids wanting to now be "Youngblood" but the old members saying hell no (well one in particular) and there being a big fight between the group. The villains are forgettable (like seriously, I can't remember them) and the pacing is a drag to get through with heavy exposition and length conversation that goes nowhere.
Sadly, this is the opposite of a book I recently finished "Secret Weapons" where that was about teenagers surviving and trying to make it, this was a boring attempt to create a new superhero team that I give zero shits about. While pretty it failed to give me a compelling story. A 2 out of 5.
So Youngblood is all about heroes from the 90's being annoyed these new heroes are coming in taking their name. See, the series wants you to know this used to be a thing. You don't technically have to read the original to understand what is happening (Though I'll get to that) but it helps because it fills up why there's so much animosity in the new group called "Youngblood" and these kids/adults teaming up to face the world of bad guys and horrors in their first step to being a newly formed team both old and new.
Good: I enjoy the art. It's simple, clean, and bright. Also thought some of the dialog was pretty funny, I especially like The Thing--I mean the big rock dude.
Bad: Everything feels like you SHOULD know these people in the original series before enjoying this. The big focus here is the new kids wanting to now be "Youngblood" but the old members saying hell no (well one in particular) and there being a big fight between the group. The villains are forgettable (like seriously, I can't remember them) and the pacing is a drag to get through with heavy exposition and length conversation that goes nowhere.
Sadly, this is the opposite of a book I recently finished "Secret Weapons" where that was about teenagers surviving and trying to make it, this was a boring attempt to create a new superhero team that I give zero shits about. While pretty it failed to give me a compelling story. A 2 out of 5.