blackmetalblackheart's review
2.0
I wanted to like this, but in the end there were too many problems to overlook. The change in art from issue to issue, and even from page to page in some issues, was distracting, and several of the artists were just not good. The overall concept of an LGBTQ+ team is awesome, but the characters felt stereotypical and one dimensional. It would have been great to get more depth. Even the character stories at the end were short one page stories without much detail or heart. It is cool to see this kind of representation in comics, I just wish it had been executed a lot better.
verumsolum's review
3.0
Well, I finished it. And… I'm willing to give it another try. I know, this isn't a ringing endorsement. Let's start with the part that couldn't be changed: it's the first volume. And I find first volumes challenging to like: they set up the world (which I like), but then there isn't room for much plot. And, that's not anybody's fault, that's just starting a story out with a somewhat limited page count.
The other part is… I'm still not sure about this group of superheroes. For me, the problem is that it attempts to be an LGBTQ+ group… but it feels dominated by gay male preoccupations to me. Since a couple of other letters in that set describe me, I felt… less included than I'd hoped to be. At this point, I'm not writing the series off: there were a lot of characters to introduce and a world to set up and not much time for things to happen. But… I'll be hoping it gets better
The other part is… I'm still not sure about this group of superheroes. For me, the problem is that it attempts to be an LGBTQ+ group… but it feels dominated by gay male preoccupations to me. Since a couple of other letters in that set describe me, I felt… less included than I'd hoped to be. At this point, I'm not writing the series off: there were a lot of characters to introduce and a world to set up and not much time for things to happen. But… I'll be hoping it gets better
baylee_lasiepedimore's review
3.0
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