Like Father, Like Daughter #1 is a comic written by Kat Calamia with art by Wayne Brown and David Aravena. A high school girl’s deadbeat father is the city’s beloved superhero. This is a superhero comic with dramatic elements that stars a girl and her father. The leading lady is Casey, she is a high schooler who must irritatingly endure her peers fawning over her father for his heroic acts even though he left his family in order to do them. Invulnerable is her father’s superhero name by his real name is Jim Ryder, he can fly, he has super strength, and he has high invulnerability. The story begins with a couple of thieves making their escape in a car when Invulnerable catches up with them. After they freak out for a few second he flips the car and they are taken into custody. The story then shifts to Casey getting ready for school. The action in this story is hard-hitting but there isn’t any blood or gore. The pacing is steady and the tone is like what you’d see on a teen TV show. There are a few intense moments due to danger and violence. The dialogue is very conversational and can be a bit aggressive from Casey. The text bubbles can get a bit thick but there are no word-heavy pages. This is the debut issue for a series with an interesting story and two intriguing leads.

            The art here is drawn in a modern style with decent detailing and a strong focus on lighting. The color range here is realistic and wide with a nice variety on each page. While there is the occasional greenery around homes and businesses most of this story takes place in or close to buildings so the scenery isn’t very prominent. A majority of this story takes place at normal high schooler locations like the school, home, a restaurant, and more sporty places like a batting cage and the track. The backgrounds usually show the surroundings with gradient and action-line filled colors being rare. The expression level here is above-average as most characters here can’t hide how they feel. We’ll get sadness, anger, fear, and the classic teenage angst. The faces are decently drawn with occasional slight uncanniness but all the different looks are clear. The violence here is physical and with some heavy impact. The action scenes tend to be on the shorter side with a decent flow.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like superhero stories that star a father and daughter separately with drama and a bit of violence then this is for you.

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

PG-13. Violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“It would be so cool to be a superhero.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 23

Violent Pages: 5, for 22% 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 – 2

“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 – 1

“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 – 1

“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.”