Book: E.G.O.s volume #1: Quintessence (issues #1-4, plus the Twitter-exclusive issue #0) by Stuart Moore with art by Gus Storms
Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review
Publication: Available now
Description:
Far-future action meets midlife crises as an aging hero rebuilds his former team. But to do so, he must cross a line with his wife that cannot be uncrossed.
Rating: 1 star
Review:
For a Sci-Fi/superhero comic book this was really boring. And it felt like the author was trying too hard to make the humor seem snarky and witty but it just came off as being forced. The writing and the story were quite dismal for the first three issues. It wasn't until the fourth issue that everything improved. The story, artwork and the writing improved immensely and I found the characters to be interesting.
The story follows a once popular super hero Deuce who has now decided to put together a new team but his humongous ego won't let him see that what he's doing isn't going to work. Not even his wife Pixel (who was a former hero) can stop him from taking this new team out to fight an old enemy. The story is narrated by the heroes son who had left some time ago.
When Deuce's plan didn't work out, it was back to square one creating another new team and this time Pixel was getting more involved. But I was so bored with this story and the constant bickering between Deuce and Pixel didn't make things any better.
As I mentioned above the fourth issue was the best out of the book. The characters didn't seem one dimensional and the story was interesting. The writing wasn't exceptional but it was at least a better read.
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