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America's Got Powers Remains One Of The Best – And Best Value – Comics On The Stand

Published Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:00:44 -0500

Today, we get the third issue of America's Got Powers. 27 pages of Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch superhero action for $2.99.

Those of you who have been reading the first two issues (including the first which has 38 pages for $2.99) will have seen the events of a nobody becoming a somebody though a reality TV show, attempting to deal with the superheroism of a select group of youngsters all born at the same time. Midwich Cuckoos meets X-Men, by way of reality TV.

The third issue, however, takes a sideways shift as we look at the politics and money making opportunities behind the show, and other groups with their own conflicting agendas, and the start of an explanation into what the hell is going on.

While the influence of Neal Adams, Alan Davis and others has been often observed on Bryan Hitch, little has been made of the influence of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. I've run a swipe file in the past, but this is different in that there are more thematic similarities, and it's never been so clear as it is here, a crowded hospital operating, researching superpowers of children. People as mechanical parts, as test subjects, replaceable, repeatable, disposable. Disturbing, fascinating, and less than three dollars.

If you're not reading America's Got Powers, I really recommend you start. Issue 3 makes for a relatively easy jumping on point.

America's Got Powers #3 published today by Image Comics. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.

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