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Somehow Jay Faerber creates a comic that isn't dark, edgy, or gritty but is super fun and hip without being forced and cheesy. I had so much fun with this title. Interesting characters and story twists without being too involved. I'm so glad I picked this up. Can't wait to read the next one. Great stuff!
I loved Faerber's writing in Elsewhere so I am giving this title a try. Awesome. Love the main concept of a superhero who father's many kids who gather to form a team. Faerber does a great job of characterization and story turns. The art is clean and I'm definitely down for the next volume.
An enjoyable quasi-family soap opera that meshes the Superman myth with more modern broken families. Jay Faerber has been solid at super-soap operas for years on Noble Causes, and this looks to be more of the same mostly-light, cliffhanger-packed, inconsequential power-fantasy fun.
Fans of Ult. Spidey, Invincible, and books of that like look no further. This book has a promising premise as well as a story that pleases... it's good.Short and sweet set up for the story that still builds as the comic goes on. Twists, action, drama... all around good stuff.
it was okay
The basic plot is simple yet creative. Captain Dynamo was a great superhero with numerous abilities who protected Tower City. He married an intrepid reporter (and secret agent) named Maddie Warner. However, Captain Dynamo was also an unfaithful letch and constantly cheated on his wife, fathering numerous illegimate children. After Dynamo is murdered, Maddie gathers five of these illegimate children (each with a different aspect of Dynamo's powers) and forms Dynamo 5 to protect Tower City. What m...
For what this is, this is awesome. It's not going to great depth, it's not probing continuity. Dynamo 5 tells you what it is right on the cover - it's a dynamic, action-oriented approach to superhero storytelling that is unburdened by a need to do anything more than tell a good superhero story. The 5 are five illegitimate children of Captain Dynamo, a recently deceased and seriously unfaithful superguy. The half-sibling element kills what might have been ponderous romantic tension, while their s...
Entertaining, with interesting and sympathetic characters. However, the scene changes are pretty abrupt, and the action sequences sometimes feel like a few frames are missing.
I picked up this first compilation of Dynamo 5 because I liked the high-concept: Captain Dynamo, a Superman-esque powerhouse, has passed away, but his legacy includes numerous illegitimate children from his many, many affairs. Of his wide array of powers, each of Captain Dynamo's kids inherits one, and together they form an unlikely crimefighting team, under the watchful eye of Captain Dynamo's still-grieving-but-much-cheated-upon widow. And if the series was just those characters going through
This is the best superhero team book today. Dynamo 5 is a creator-owned story, so there isn't decades of continuity weighing it down. Just great characters, villains, plot twists and art that has the feel of a comic from the 80s.
Really enjoyed this story, the artwork was great and I liked the characters.
La historia principal es muy original, y tenía el potencial para hacer de este cómic uno muy bueno. Pero conforme iba leyéndolo, se volvía predictivo; las acciones de los personajes o lo que iban a decir. Ahora, los personajes principales... Un asiatico nerd, un chico blanco y rubio, popular y guapo, una chica gótica, un chico de raza negra cuyo pasado fue duro y además es ladysman, y por último, otra chica de color... todos estos personajes son un poco cliché y tal vez sus personalidades con su...
I know I'm several years late on this, but DUDE. This book is fantastic. A multi-ethnic, gender-balanced group of young long-lost siblings trying to become a family while fighting crime? I need more NOW.
Okay, I only read the first issue in this collection, and it sucked. Maybe it got better by leaps and bounds, but the writing in the first issue was pedestrian, and the BIG plot twist was boring, added because its the cool thing to do.
So rather than review each volume (there are 5), I'll just review this one.Not a lot to say other than I liked the setup a lot. The characters are fun but not astounding and the action sequences seem like they're building to something more.Obviously the character relationships are what make this book shine and it really seems to finally hit its stride about the time the team falls apart and the Firebirds (or should that be singular? a mother-daughter team with the same powers using the same name...
This is one of a pile of different books that came out around this time that all follow under the basic premise 'what if the heroes aren't so heroic. In this one, the Superman stand-in (Captain Dynamo) dies (in bed.. poisoned by his mistress), and his widow finds he was.. less that faithful. In order to protect the city from the bad guys, she finds 5 illegitimate children of his and attempts to form them into a superhero team.There's some fun juxtapositions in the cast (the football player has t...
Excellent artwork and an interesting story. The characters are original and believable. Though this was my first image comic, the setting felt familiar and the world inviting. I will certainly continue following dynamo 5's journeys.
Interesting concept for a series, eager to see how it works out!
