Jupiter's Legacy 2 #2
Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Frank Quitely
Colors by: Sunny Gho
Letters by: Peter Doherty
The world of Jupiter’s Legacy is an interesting one. We are now in the middle of summer, San Diego Comicon has just passed, and people’s minds are focused on the next big film based off a comic book property. Too often the auteur will attempt to ground the films with a sense of realism that backfires and diminishes the strength of the original material. Although I cannot say if there will ever be an adaptation Mark Millar’s ode to the superhero genre, it is safe to say that if it does happen there will be no need the manufacture any realism because the characters, their flaws, and their situations are very much similar to our everyday world.
Issue two of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 continues right where the preceding issue left of, with a boy facing down and psychic, super-strong ninja. As our band of villains turned saviors attempt to rescue and recruit another to their cause of global freedom through upheaval, we finally get a chance to see them come together and work as a team as they work to neutralize the formidable threat posed by the gun-for hire Raikou. Although it is quickly proven that the mysterious mercenary is too strong for any one member of the resistance, Millar does use this opportunity to show just how different the powers of each member is from one another and yet how they can work in conjunction. Perhaps this is foreshadowing for how they will deal with Walter and Brandon?
Speaking of the other Sampsonites, life is not going so smoothly for them either. Although they are in power, there is strife between uncle and nephew that threatens to tear down everything they have built together. Building upon the previous issue, Brandon is still a hothead that Walter feels the need to placate. Their relationship is proving to be the most compelling of the series as Walter is coming to term with the fact that Brandon may be a monster of his own making, and a monster that is beyond his control.
As we have come to expect, the writing by Millar is fantastic and the art by Quitely is nothing short of iconic. From one panel to the next, the dialogue and art drives the story from one exciting turn to another until we reach our temporary destination, a full-page spread that will leave you clamoring for issue #3. Jupiter’s Legacy 2 may prove to be some of Mark Millar’s finest work and never has that been clearer than with Issue #2.
Art by: Frank Quitely
Colors by: Sunny Gho
Letters by: Peter Doherty
The world of Jupiter’s Legacy is an interesting one. We are now in the middle of summer, San Diego Comicon has just passed, and people’s minds are focused on the next big film based off a comic book property. Too often the auteur will attempt to ground the films with a sense of realism that backfires and diminishes the strength of the original material. Although I cannot say if there will ever be an adaptation Mark Millar’s ode to the superhero genre, it is safe to say that if it does happen there will be no need the manufacture any realism because the characters, their flaws, and their situations are very much similar to our everyday world.
Issue two of Jupiter’s Legacy 2 continues right where the preceding issue left of, with a boy facing down and psychic, super-strong ninja. As our band of villains turned saviors attempt to rescue and recruit another to their cause of global freedom through upheaval, we finally get a chance to see them come together and work as a team as they work to neutralize the formidable threat posed by the gun-for hire Raikou. Although it is quickly proven that the mysterious mercenary is too strong for any one member of the resistance, Millar does use this opportunity to show just how different the powers of each member is from one another and yet how they can work in conjunction. Perhaps this is foreshadowing for how they will deal with Walter and Brandon?
Speaking of the other Sampsonites, life is not going so smoothly for them either. Although they are in power, there is strife between uncle and nephew that threatens to tear down everything they have built together. Building upon the previous issue, Brandon is still a hothead that Walter feels the need to placate. Their relationship is proving to be the most compelling of the series as Walter is coming to term with the fact that Brandon may be a monster of his own making, and a monster that is beyond his control.
As we have come to expect, the writing by Millar is fantastic and the art by Quitely is nothing short of iconic. From one panel to the next, the dialogue and art drives the story from one exciting turn to another until we reach our temporary destination, a full-page spread that will leave you clamoring for issue #3. Jupiter’s Legacy 2 may prove to be some of Mark Millar’s finest work and never has that been clearer than with Issue #2.
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