I didn't know the character or the world from any previous exposure to Valiant comics so I was left with quite a few questions about the latent super powers, the community of psiots, Harbinger, etc. It's the kind of "left with questions" that I don't mind, though. Enticement to sell out more rather than frustration at holes or lack of substance. The social aspect of a newly super teen's life was pretty well represented here, but the super-power aspect felt a little rushed and underexplored. It's the first in a duology, though, so I'm hoping the superside of the story becomes clearer in book two. The body-positive LGBTQ representation is pretty great — and is what rounded up my 3.5 rating to a 4

Content notes: traumatized/sick animals, some scary Halloween horror moments in a corn maze, death of parents (off screen/backstory), character experiencing dementia, medical experimentation on animals and humans