P.O.M. #5 is a comic written by Marcel Dupree and Guido Martinez with art by Ariel Medela and Antonio Diaz and colors by Franco Riesco. In the aftermath of the attack in front of the courthouse both Britney Armstrong and Maddie McDougal need to get things straight. This is a surprisingly nonviolent(compared to the previous four) issue focusing on the before and after of the attack and giving us a deeper look at the characters. Our leading lady is Britney Armstrong, better known as Strong-Girl. She has super strength, flight, and the attitude of a spoiled rich girl. Maddie McDougal has the same attitude as Britney and they both have the burden of being in their father’s shadow. The story here has some people trying to figure out what went wrong, others attempting to prevent things like this from happening, and a few attempting to do more wrong. Some of the conversations here can get intense but everyone manages to remain civil. The dialogue is vulgar and very informative with drama mixed in. None of the pages are wordy. All in all, this is a nice, calm, informative issue that is clearly building up to something big. Included within these pages is another installment of The Unit, in which our heroes have what should be their final showdown before reaching earth.

            The art here is very colorful and detailed and uses a number of different angles; these help make the conversations a bit more impactful. There are two main locations here: Strong-Girl’s base on the moon and McDougal’s tower. One has a bunch of sci-fi elements while the other looks very expensive. The expressions here are very strong and help sell what the character is saying. The looks they give can change multiple times on one page and this adds personality. The faces here are detailed down to the teeth which makes the emotions easy to read and fun to look at. The muscle definition also stands out. Britney Armstrong is wearing a pretty typical superheroine outfit that fits her character. One thing to note is that the art takes a significant, smoother-looking shift about 3/4ths of the way through. The art in The Unit is very colorful and there is a lot happening on each page. It is nice to look at and the style is a bit reminiscent of much older comics.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like comics starring women with one of them having superpowers and dealing with the aftermath of a significant event and an attempt to move forward.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

PG-13.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Same reason you people don’t drive your own cars.”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/982272706/pom-5-flight-fame-and-fury/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 28

Violent Pages: 5, for 18% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 1

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 2

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 2

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”