As much as I didn’t like Babylon 5, I am really digging J. Michael Straczynski’s comics. His Amazing Spider-man, though at times a little too mystical for my tastes, is top notch. His new Supreme Power series for Marvel is one of the first books I read when I get home from the comic store. And Rising Stars is proving to be no exception to the rule.
The book follows the fate of 113 people who were in various stages of in utero development when a mysterious energy hits Earth, endowing all the unborn babies with super powers of some kind.
I won’t go into too much detail as far as the plot goes — primarily because this is one of those “plot unfolds as you read” sort of things, and hanging around on a message board all day long has taught me to be very careful about spoilers. Suffice to say, it’s a great read: a healthy mix of the familiar and certain takes on the superhero myth that we’ve never seen before.
One of my favorite comics, I lent the 1st twelve issues in Trade Paperback form to a friend of mine named Matt Pitts. He never gave it back to me. He went on to work in Hollywood and, he is the guy who has a character in the latest Star Trek movie named after him, Mr. Pitts or Officer Pitts or something like that. He works for J.J. Abrams. I like to think that the trade paperback that he never returned to me helped him in his endeavors in Hollywood. As a gift to myself I bought the whole Rising stars compiled into a hard cover book. So worth it. Anyway I’m at episode o17 of Sarcastic Voyage and listening to them in Marathon mode (6 or so a day) to catch up so I can actually leave you comments on the shows.
Wow, thanks! I don’t even remember writing this review, but I must have. That’s really cool – and probably a bit maddening – about your friend, the Starfleet officer.
Anyway, thanks for the comments and I’m glad you’re enjoying the podcast!