Jupiter's Legacy 2 #3
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Frank Quitely
Colors by: Sunny Gho
Letters by: Peter Doherty
Family is always tough to deal with, and having superpowers doesn’t make it any easier. As the struggle against Walter and Brandon’s tyrannical rule begins to gain steam, our rebels turn to the one man who could turn the tide in their favor, George Hutchence. Hoping that some sort of paternal obligation will bind him to their cause, the family unit of Hutch, Chloe, and Jason travel to an abandoned Russian outpost to invite him back into the world and to take back up his super-criminal ways. Will it be enough to take down the ruling superhero government and return freedom to the world? As issue three of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 explores these questions and more, we are reminded just how much this book loves to flip the script on the traditional hero/villain, good/bad, and now father/son dynamic.
The bulk of this issue deals with the father/son dynamic between both Hutch and Skyfox and Hutch and his son, Jason. Even though George Hutchence would be a great help to the fledgling rebellion, it is clear from the beginning that this recruitment mission means much more to Hutch. It is has been previously established that he didn’t know his father well at all, spending much of his life thinking the former superhero was a notorious villain only to later learn that much of what he knew was actually propaganda put out by his adversaries. From then on Hutch began a bit of hero worship, choosing to see his father in a positive light. Needless to say, their first meeting in decades quickly changes all of that. Mixed in with the heavy family drama are a few fun interactions between Jason and his grandfather that goes to show just how similar these two are in strength and intelligence but also how different they are in character. If this family can sort out their issues, they may just be able to be a real threat to Walter Sampson and his regime.
Although not as action packed as the previous issues, issue three of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 does more to advance the story and bring depth to the characters than any physical contest could. As so much of the parent series dealt with the first generation of superheroes looking down on their children for, in their opinion, not living up to their potential, it is a wonderfully change to have a second generation hero looking at his father with disappointment as he begins to learn that perhaps the first generation of heroes were just as complicated as their children. Miller and Quitely’s work in this issue, as it has been for the rest of the series, is phenomenal and will leave you pining for the next issue.
Art by: Frank Quitely
Colors by: Sunny Gho
Letters by: Peter Doherty
Family is always tough to deal with, and having superpowers doesn’t make it any easier. As the struggle against Walter and Brandon’s tyrannical rule begins to gain steam, our rebels turn to the one man who could turn the tide in their favor, George Hutchence. Hoping that some sort of paternal obligation will bind him to their cause, the family unit of Hutch, Chloe, and Jason travel to an abandoned Russian outpost to invite him back into the world and to take back up his super-criminal ways. Will it be enough to take down the ruling superhero government and return freedom to the world? As issue three of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 explores these questions and more, we are reminded just how much this book loves to flip the script on the traditional hero/villain, good/bad, and now father/son dynamic.
The bulk of this issue deals with the father/son dynamic between both Hutch and Skyfox and Hutch and his son, Jason. Even though George Hutchence would be a great help to the fledgling rebellion, it is clear from the beginning that this recruitment mission means much more to Hutch. It is has been previously established that he didn’t know his father well at all, spending much of his life thinking the former superhero was a notorious villain only to later learn that much of what he knew was actually propaganda put out by his adversaries. From then on Hutch began a bit of hero worship, choosing to see his father in a positive light. Needless to say, their first meeting in decades quickly changes all of that. Mixed in with the heavy family drama are a few fun interactions between Jason and his grandfather that goes to show just how similar these two are in strength and intelligence but also how different they are in character. If this family can sort out their issues, they may just be able to be a real threat to Walter Sampson and his regime.
Although not as action packed as the previous issues, issue three of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 does more to advance the story and bring depth to the characters than any physical contest could. As so much of the parent series dealt with the first generation of superheroes looking down on their children for, in their opinion, not living up to their potential, it is a wonderfully change to have a second generation hero looking at his father with disappointment as he begins to learn that perhaps the first generation of heroes were just as complicated as their children. Miller and Quitely’s work in this issue, as it has been for the rest of the series, is phenomenal and will leave you pining for the next issue.
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