P.O.M. #1 is a comic created Marcel Dupree and Joel Cotejar. Real quick, think of any celebrity who is famous for basically nothing. Now imagine if they had superpowers. Enter Britney Armstrong, a socialite who is the daughter of Strongman. A few of her powers are flight, super-strength, and very bad PR. This is a world of superfolk so we see a bunch of other superpowered people but we don’t get a very close look at them. This story has two main plot threads: A very evil man about to be sentenced for his crimes and Britney dealing with another court case. Though they start off separate I have a strong(heh) feeling everything will get mixed up soon. This issue has a good amount of action and we get to see some interesting powers. The dialogue is nice and realistic and never gets over the top. A few pages can go a little overboard on the word count but it’s an easy read so the pace isn’t bogged down much. This is a comic that gives us a look at superheroes from an angle rarely seen. There is also contained in this comic The Unit Part 1, a story taking place in the same world as POM and Warbound and dealing with a super team.

            This comic uses thick dark outlines heavily. This isn’t something I would normally highlight but it stands out. This is a well-colored comic with decent shadowing. We get small glimpses of building interiors but for the most part our backdrop will be tall buildings. The expressiveness showcased is above-average but sometimes characters will seem to have no reaction to situations that are out of the ordinary. The faces are well-drawn, which helps prevent characters from fading into the background. Most of the super suits we see are just high-tech armor with samurai and Medieval influences. We see some nice on-page effects as the result of people using their powers or weapons. The action is mostly straight-forward but it might get confusing as it the flow gets broken up a bit.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

Do you like celebrity culture? Superpowers? Messiness? You might want to give this a read.

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

PG-13.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“The news is right, she is a bitch.”

 

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 28

Violent Pages: 11, for 39% 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 – 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.”