craicerjack's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Another alternate take on the JLA, a what if the JLA were just regular folk kind of thing. Easy reading and some interesting sub plots but not all that much happens.
cjdawn236's review against another edition
4.0
I knew nothing about these comics before I picked up the first trade volume the other day, but it looked interesting. I like the idea of the good guys becoming the villains, so you may have to fight them with the bad guys. I'm curious to see where the series goes next.
lvh's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
A different sort of setup. A different sort of superheroes. Good writing, good art. And it's just hard not to cheer for the ... somewhat bad guys? the rebels? In any case this book shows that a completely ridiculous odd bit of world-building can still spin out characters that you want to see more of. Though I'm not sure that a sequel can sustain the level of surprise so far.
kellylynnthomas's review against another edition
4.0
Jupiter's Legacy is an AU American history, in which a group of men and women were granted great super powers during the great depression, and have been using them to make America a better place in her time of need. The main action takes place in the current day (Obama is even mentioned by name), and concerns the two children of the Utopian, the superhero leader. As you might guess from the fact that superhero leader's name is the Utopian, the book turns into a sort of dystopia, and the two children are sort of pitted against each other, or at least, wind up on opposite ends of the conflict.
These are familiar themes, but Millar really made me care about these characters. The book isn't just exploring modern American politics through a superhero lens, but celebrity culture as well--and in a way I haven't really seen in comics before. The kids are so fucked up, like so many young celebrities, and the book explores how they each deal with their fame and the fame of their parents.
Well worth a read, and I'm looking forward to the second volume.
These are familiar themes, but Millar really made me care about these characters. The book isn't just exploring modern American politics through a superhero lens, but celebrity culture as well--and in a way I haven't really seen in comics before. The kids are so fucked up, like so many young celebrities, and the book explores how they each deal with their fame and the fame of their parents.
Well worth a read, and I'm looking forward to the second volume.
acrisalves's review against another edition
4.0
https://osrascunhos.com/2018/03/11/o-legado-de-jupiter-vol-1-mark-millar-e-frank-quitely/
O Legado de Júpiter é mais um dos títulos de Mark Millar em que a G Floy aposta este ano, esperando-se a publicação do segundo volume ainda em 2018. O Legado de Júpiter é uma série de super-heróis, mas uma série bastante diferente do que é habitual – um sonho acossa Sheldon, um sonho que o leva a organizar uma expedição a uma ilha perdida! Anos depois voltamos a encontrar os membros da expedição como super-heróis, com imensos poderes fantásticos.
A liderança de Sheldon é questionada. Os Estados Unidos da América estão em colapso económico e o irmão, Walter, também super-herói, acredita que a sua inteligência superior é capaz de produzir um plano mais estável e promissor do que a estratégia seguida pelo Governo. Contra as ordens de Sheldon atrave-se a apresentar as suas ideias.
Paralelamente, os filhos de Sheldon não apresentam o desenvolvimento esperado como super-heróis, tornados estrelas pop, habituados a festas e a remunerações por publicidade, crescem como jovens mimados, experimentando drogas e estabelecendo relacionamentos instáveis. Sheldon é um pai duro, projectando todo o seu perfeccionismo e expectativa nos filhos.
Combinando a necessidade com as circunstâncias, Walter cria um plano para eliminar Sheldon, numa reviravolta traumatizante que leva a alguns super-heróis a esconderem-se – mas tal não é fácil, principalmente quando devem esconder-se de todos os meios de vigilância que as novas tecnologias trouxeram.
Partindo de uma premissa comum a tantas outras séries de super-heróis, O Legado de Júpiter aproveita a prepotência e o sentido divino dos que têm poderes para mostrar o quão facilmente podem ser corrompidos, como os seres humanos, e levados a más acções apesar das aparentes boas intenções, mas com consequências bastante piores.
A arrogância da superioridade dos heróis, derivada dos seus poderes, leva-os a pensar que são capazes de tudo, acreditando que ultrapassam os meros humanos até em áreas que os seus poderes não alcançam. Mas nem todos os heróis seguem este percurso e alguns, como párias, tentam manter a sua calma existência, longe do caos que se avizinha.
O Legado de Júpiter é mais um dos títulos de Mark Millar em que a G Floy aposta este ano, esperando-se a publicação do segundo volume ainda em 2018. O Legado de Júpiter é uma série de super-heróis, mas uma série bastante diferente do que é habitual – um sonho acossa Sheldon, um sonho que o leva a organizar uma expedição a uma ilha perdida! Anos depois voltamos a encontrar os membros da expedição como super-heróis, com imensos poderes fantásticos.
A liderança de Sheldon é questionada. Os Estados Unidos da América estão em colapso económico e o irmão, Walter, também super-herói, acredita que a sua inteligência superior é capaz de produzir um plano mais estável e promissor do que a estratégia seguida pelo Governo. Contra as ordens de Sheldon atrave-se a apresentar as suas ideias.
Paralelamente, os filhos de Sheldon não apresentam o desenvolvimento esperado como super-heróis, tornados estrelas pop, habituados a festas e a remunerações por publicidade, crescem como jovens mimados, experimentando drogas e estabelecendo relacionamentos instáveis. Sheldon é um pai duro, projectando todo o seu perfeccionismo e expectativa nos filhos.
Combinando a necessidade com as circunstâncias, Walter cria um plano para eliminar Sheldon, numa reviravolta traumatizante que leva a alguns super-heróis a esconderem-se – mas tal não é fácil, principalmente quando devem esconder-se de todos os meios de vigilância que as novas tecnologias trouxeram.
Partindo de uma premissa comum a tantas outras séries de super-heróis, O Legado de Júpiter aproveita a prepotência e o sentido divino dos que têm poderes para mostrar o quão facilmente podem ser corrompidos, como os seres humanos, e levados a más acções apesar das aparentes boas intenções, mas com consequências bastante piores.
A arrogância da superioridade dos heróis, derivada dos seus poderes, leva-os a pensar que são capazes de tudo, acreditando que ultrapassam os meros humanos até em áreas que os seus poderes não alcançam. Mas nem todos os heróis seguem este percurso e alguns, como párias, tentam manter a sua calma existência, longe do caos que se avizinha.
iffer's review against another edition
2.0
2-3 stars
Meh. This was...more interesting than many formulaic superhero stories, but mostly struck me as overrated? I wasn't thrilled by Frank Quitely's art, which had clean, sparse line-work and mostly flat colors. (Perhaps it was due to the crummy eARC, but the color choices were sometimes reminiscent of the palette available in 1990s Microscoft Paint >< ) Largely, Jupiter's Legacy probably just rubbed me the wrong way because Mark Millar's writings was so blatant about his "messages": political, personal and ideological. I had trouble suspending my disbelief because I could hear Millar on a soapbox. For people who normally only read "fun" superhero comics, Jupiter's Legacy might have the impression of being "deep" for a comic in its deconstruction of the genre, but, to me, it merely seemed like an unsuccessfully derivative work. Since I can read comics quickly, and this series is limited to 10-12 issues, I'll probably read the rest eventually, in the hopes that this series improves, but I'm not going to go out of my way to find it, and probably wouldn't buy it.
Read as an eARC from NetGalley.
Meh. This was...more interesting than many formulaic superhero stories, but mostly struck me as overrated? I wasn't thrilled by Frank Quitely's art, which had clean, sparse line-work and mostly flat colors. (Perhaps it was due to the crummy eARC, but the color choices were sometimes reminiscent of the palette available in 1990s Microscoft Paint >< ) Largely, Jupiter's Legacy probably just rubbed me the wrong way because Mark Millar's writings was so blatant about his "messages": political, personal and ideological. I had trouble suspending my disbelief because I could hear Millar on a soapbox. For people who normally only read "fun" superhero comics, Jupiter's Legacy might have the impression of being "deep" for a comic in its deconstruction of the genre, but, to me, it merely seemed like an unsuccessfully derivative work. Since I can read comics quickly, and this series is limited to 10-12 issues, I'll probably read the rest eventually, in the hopes that this series improves, but I'm not going to go out of my way to find it, and probably wouldn't buy it.
Read as an eARC from NetGalley.
merlin_reads's review against another edition
2.5
Umm... I'm really not sure what to think about this. It really was all over the place and the characters were all kind of horrible.
I had never heard of this series until the Netflix version came out. So naturally, I wanted to read the source material before diving into the show. This was kind of a clusterfuck. We were just thrown into these stories without any real introduction as to who these people were. And because a lot of the males were drawn the same, when they weren't in their costumes, I couldn't tell who was who. I felt that for a first volume, this was a let down in character development.
Also, I didn't really want to root for most of them because no - especially the guy who leaves his wife & children for a much younger girl, only to come back when he's injured and the new girl refuses to stay with him. So much for women empowerment in this comic.
There were some interesting plotlines and I am intrigued on where it's going, but I really hope these characters become likable.
I had never heard of this series until the Netflix version came out. So naturally, I wanted to read the source material before diving into the show. This was kind of a clusterfuck. We were just thrown into these stories without any real introduction as to who these people were. And because a lot of the males were drawn the same, when they weren't in their costumes, I couldn't tell who was who. I felt that for a first volume, this was a let down in character development.
Also, I didn't really want to root for most of them because no - especially the guy who leaves his wife & children for a much younger girl, only to come back when he's injured and the new girl refuses to stay with him. So much for women empowerment in this comic.
There were some interesting plotlines and I am intrigued on where it's going, but I really hope these characters become likable.
alienor's review against another edition
2.0
So, what's [b:Jupiter's Legacy 1|29465620|Jupiter's Legacy 1|Mark Millar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457506038l/29465620._SY75_.jpg|44111275] is about?
The Greatest Nation of The World is collapsing after the '29 crisis, so of course aliens will give some spechul snowflakes powers in order to make things right. Because of reasons.
Gosh, I'm sorry, but I kinda rolled my eyes at that? I mean, I'm by no means anti-American, but come on now. I know that Hollywood war movies are full of these patriotic and egocentric speeches, and that we Europeans were no better in the past (and still are, in many aspects) but it felt so contrived, damn it. At some point a young boy asks why the fuck would an alien race help America to be Great Again (pun intended) and I was like, YES! THIS! YOU GO BOY! I'm willing to suspend my judgment until I read the next Volume, but let me tell you, they better come with some kind of explanation.
Also, this belief that everything was so perfect before '29? It tends to annoy me a little, to be completely honest. I mean, I believe it was perfect if you were white, rich and capitalist. Oh, but wait - we've got our heroes.
*Yawn*
I'm not gonna lie, I was going to do something that I never do - DNF the shit out of a graphic-novel, especially after this *wonderful* scene -
CALM DOWN, ANNA, CALM DOWN. DO NOT THROW YOUR TAB.
At first she said no, though. THAT was great. Ugh.
BUT.
It gets better. Once the first half behind me, my interest was finally picked when the story swung towards a more dystopian plot, even if the foundations are still barely set. Some of the characters have potential in my opinion - okay, mostly Hutch and his villain crew - and I'm curious to see where the story will go.
I'm not dying to know, though. Perhaps it's time I realize that superheroes aren't for me. All that altruism, Bleh.
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The Greatest Nation of The World is collapsing after the '29 crisis, so of course aliens will give some spechul snowflakes powers in order to make things right. Because of reasons.
"America was the greatest idea in human history, the most resourceful people the world had ever known, and yet here we were reduced to breadlines and soup kitchens."
Gosh, I'm sorry, but I kinda rolled my eyes at that? I mean, I'm by no means anti-American, but come on now. I know that Hollywood war movies are full of these patriotic and egocentric speeches, and that we Europeans were no better in the past (and still are, in many aspects) but it felt so contrived, damn it. At some point a young boy asks why the fuck would an alien race help America to be Great Again (pun intended) and I was like, YES! THIS! YOU GO BOY! I'm willing to suspend my judgment until I read the next Volume, but let me tell you, they better come with some kind of explanation.
Also, this belief that everything was so perfect before '29? It tends to annoy me a little, to be completely honest. I mean, I believe it was perfect if you were white, rich and capitalist. Oh, but wait - we've got our heroes.
*Yawn*
I'm not gonna lie, I was going to do something that I never do - DNF the shit out of a graphic-novel, especially after this *wonderful* scene -
CALM DOWN, ANNA, CALM DOWN. DO NOT THROW YOUR TAB.
At first she said no, though. THAT was great. Ugh.
BUT.
It gets better. Once the first half behind me, my interest was finally picked when the story swung towards a more dystopian plot, even if the foundations are still barely set. Some of the characters have potential in my opinion - okay, mostly Hutch and his villain crew - and I'm curious to see where the story will go.
I'm not dying to know, though. Perhaps it's time I realize that superheroes aren't for me. All that altruism, Bleh.
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