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A review by jemppu
Iceman Vol. 2: Absolute Zero by
4.0
Good stuff, this and the first volume.
The focus of the series on Bobby, aka Iceman, dealing with (the aftermath of) coming in terms with themselves relatively late in life. Their relationship with their parents refreshingly unsimplified, feels real and genuinely frustrating a struggle (even heart-wrenching on occasion). Their juggling of romantic relationship aside the superhero gig is dealt in a satisfyingly believable manner as well.
Also, a brief tangent plot presents the fact, that not all mutants maybe want to get labelled and shipped off to special wards to be trained assoldiers to the cause superheroes is quite on point; anyone preferring a quiet life away from constant fighting and confrontation of warring sides should be entitled to it, what ever their genetic encoding.
Was this too real an approach for a superhero comic? Or why didn't this series last longer? Pity.
The focus of the series on Bobby, aka Iceman, dealing with (the aftermath of) coming in terms with themselves relatively late in life. Their relationship with their parents refreshingly unsimplified, feels real and genuinely frustrating a struggle (even heart-wrenching on occasion). Their juggling of romantic relationship aside the superhero gig is dealt in a satisfyingly believable manner as well.
Also, a brief tangent plot presents the fact, that not all mutants maybe want to get labelled and shipped off to special wards to be trained as
Was this too real an approach for a superhero comic? Or why didn't this series last longer? Pity.