Sinister Support Services #1 is a comic written by Mike Wheeler with art by Nathan Lawson and May Coutinho. A gloomy tech support worker for villains is just trying to get through the day. This is a supervillain science fiction comic with some comedy and a bit of drama. The main man for this tale is Chad, he is employed as tech support at the Sinister Support Services where he helps supervillains with their various issues. His supervisor is the eye-patched Ms. Malice. This story begins with Chad being awakened by his alarm and begrudgingly making the trek to work. With palpable reluctance he logs into his work computer and immediately gets a call. This takes place in a world where there are a lot of supervillains. There isn’t much here in the way of action and there isn’t any blood or gore. The pacing is a tick faster than steady and it has a casual tone in spite of everything going on. There are a couple dramatically intense moments. The dialogue is mostly conversational with some thoughts and quips from Chad. There are no word-heavy pages. This is an interesting debut issue that gives us a good look at this supervillain-filled world and the struggles of one man who gets paid to help them.

            The art here is slightly cartoonish with some roughness and strong lighting and shading. The color palette features heavy black and grays so the more vibrant colors stand out more. There isn’t really any natural scenery to speak of as this primarily takes place indoors. The main location is the Sinister Support Services headquarters with the area in and around Chad’s cubicle being the hotspot. The backgrounds tend to show the surroundings but are usually dark and heavily shaded. The expression level here hovers around average as we get a decent range of looks from Chad and the other characters. The main emotions we’ll see are annoyance, tiredness, anger, fear, and sinister happiness. The faces have a decent amount of detail and tend to show the different expressions clearly. The equipment on display is of standard villain fare with freeze rays and large lasers. There is implied violence but nothing we see, and only one action panel. Ms. Malice likes to wear tight, revealing clothing and there are more than a few lewd angles/poses.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like supervillain-focused stories that star a tired and “over it” tech support worker with some comedic and dramatic elements then this is for you.

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

PG.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Don’t thank me. I’m enabling bad behavior.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 24

Violent Pages: 0, for 0% 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 – 1

“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.”