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With his past well and truly in the open, Mike must take steps to secure his enormous inheritance from his adversaries. They run the family trust, abused his mother, and are tied into evil globe-spanning conspiracies.
Mr. Ringo can make reading about legal proceedings and land purchases interesting, and that’s what he does here. There isn’t very much action, and the book seems sometimes like a long political lecture. If you’re a Ringo fan, you’ll probably enjoy it anyway.
Michael is a thirteen-year-old orphan who grew up in a ghetto, raised by a transexual black prostitute. He is also extremely intelligent and a smartarse. For reasons unknown, he is bestowed with superpowers. The Junior Super Corps enlists him, but he doesn’t quite fit in. In the background, world spanning shadow organisations spar within vast hidden conspiracies.
This is a controversial book even for Mr. Ringo. Michael is an fast talking, clever, precocious youngster with ADHD. He does not fit the establishment mould, mostly because he speaks truth often uncomfortable. While the book suffers from excessive infodumps, especially at the start, and is in perhaps too many ways a platform for Mr. Ringo’s ideology, it also exposes harsh truths about society which many people would benefit from hearing. Mr. Ringo can write engaging prose and good action scenes with his eyes clothes. Writing something that delivers a message while having a terribly contrived backstory is quite a feat. If you’re the kind of person who is offended by strong and controversial opinions, you will be offended. I may not agree with Mr. Ringo’s political views as a whole, but I respect him for approaching and explaining them in an honest and mature, albeit often hilariously smartarse, manner.
After an absence of several decades, Batman returns to the streets of Gotham to counter a new threat. The aging masked hero finds a new Robin and goes rogue for his own reasons. Intriguing and thought provoking.
This graphic novel is one of the classics for good reason. Well drawn and masterfully written, it is a tale of a disillusioned world and its disillusioned heroes. The heroes are well into middle age as they must unite again to save the world. Even if you are skeptical to the format, you should give Watchmen a chance. You won’t be disappointed.
