Armor-I #1 is a comic written by Marcel Dupree with the art done by Carlos Trigo, Gulliver Vianei, and Andrea Celestini. A teenage boy stumbles onto something after his first day at a new school. This is a story with aliens, bullies, annoying little sisters, and it is starring a kid just trying to get through the school day. The kid in question is named Jason King and he’s a football player who has a very interesting day at school. Jason has a sister named Briana and a currently unnamed dad. We meet a bunch of other kids and teachers at the school that fit certain stereotypes but we’ll see how they get fleshed out. The plot has two separate threads that intertwine and both are very interesting but one will leave you with more questions than the other. This comic has a Cartoon Network show feel and knowing that, the action here is on that level with a couple appearances of blood. The dialogue is full of quips and retorts that sound like something a teen would say. A few pages get wordy but it’s nothing too terrible. This is a intriguing debut issue that should provide some entertainment with a side of teen issues and imminent threats. Also included within these pages is a comic called Baranzu, a story that begins with two American kids visiting their Japanese grandfather in Japan.

            This comic is drawn in a way that makes it easy to imagine animated. This cartoony look fits the story and gives it semi-serious air; like one of those cartoons a younger kid wouldn’t get but a teen would. There are a wide variety of colors with some of them being eye-popping when it is necessary. The majority of this story takes place in the school but we will travel to a forest and in a few vehicles. Like the cartoons this will remind you of these characters are very expressive. Sometimes they’ll have a new look in every panel of a multi-panel page. The faces have detail down to the freckles and they all look unique. There is a decent variety of body types here. You will see some interesting non-human people here with unique physical features. Any weaponry you see is laser-based and the combat is mostly physical. Most of the action scenes tend to be short and sweet. Baranzu had a completely different style that is more realistic with significant detail in the landscape and backgrounds.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like stories involving aliens starring a black teenager in high school dealing with new school problems and imminent danger this is for you.

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

PG. Some violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“I thought I made it clear that she’s off limits.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 30

Violent Pages: 7, for 23% 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 – 2

“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 – 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.”