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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781582408590
ISBN number: 1582408599
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: October 24, 2007
Publishing house: Image Comics
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Studio: Image Comics
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He was the world's greatest hero, but Captain Dynamo was not a faithful husband. Now he's dead and his family is trying to piece their lives together. As his enemies descend on his unprotected city. Captain Dynamo's widow rounds up his five illegitimate children, each of whom have inherited one of their father's super-powers. Can these total strangers come to terms with their powers, their father's legacy and each other as total chaos erupts?
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The concept behind this book and the superhero group it contains is good. The story and character dynamics can be very compelling. But the writing is often stilted, especially when dialog or internal monologue is used as exposition. The art is uneven, caught in a limbo between "realistic" and "superhero stylized." Often, teenage characters appear ten years older than they should. I enjoyed the book despite its grating flaws, but can only give it a mild recommendation.
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Have you ever read the famous Larry Niven essay: Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex? Basically, Niven wonders if Superman is capable of sex with a mortal woman. After all, we can only assume his reproductive system has its own "faster than a speeding bullet" capability. DC never spends much time on the Superman and sex issue. It's the elephant in the room. However... Jay Faerber has decided that yes, a Superman-esque character is fully capable of having his own offspring, and that's the central theme of this story. What if Superman (or rather a hero with his powers) had fathered several illegitimate offspring? After all, a man of steel probably has a voracious libido. What would these children be raised to believe? What powers would they inherit? These and other "important" questions of the day will be answered in this TPB.
If you haven't explored the Image Universe yet, you're really missing out! Creativity and fun would be the two words I think of when talking about the various original superhero titles available by this publisher. You might have heard of one of its most popular series, Invincible, but if you'd like to capture the same feeling in a team-based book, look no further than Dynamo 5!
Captain Dynamo.... protector of truth, justice and Superman copycats! Also found dead in bed. Unfortunately for Captain Dynamo, his sexual appetite got the best of him and he found himself under the covers with a woman who secretly glossed herself with poisonous lipstick. Heartbroken and jaded, his widow goes through his belongings after a funeral that reads like a "Who's Who List" of the Image superhero roster. She finds his little grey book and realizes that he might have several illegitimate children scattered throughout the world. Even though she feels betrayed by the Image Universe's man of steel, she attempts to find these children because she realizes there may be an entire platoon of new Captain Dynamos out there who can help humanity but don't realize the gifts they have inherited.
What she discovers is that each of these children have been given a certain portion of Captain Dynamo's power. One has super strength, one has the ability to fly, one has mental powers, and so on. They represent different cultural backgrounds, different sexes and different economic upbringings, but these young adults who are mostly college age find themselves drafted into the widow's plans. Their interactions read like an episode of a Big Brother reality program. Some aren't as keen on saving the world, and some have problems relating to the group, but as most of them are single children, they form a bond with their other half-siblings and establish a team that learns to work together.
There are various stories collected in this TPB, including a mysterious figure who roams the city and looks to be the subsequent Captain Dynamo. The "family" of superheroes is forced to deal with issues left behind by Captain Dynamo including other jaded lovers, not just his widow. What makes Jay Faerber's creation so fun is that even with some of the adult issues, it reads like a family book, a team that has genuine reasons to fight crime together. The relationship dynamics in this book are for lack of a better word.... human. That's something that can sometimes be left behind in today's comic market that is always striving to build the subsequent big and bad crossover event. With only a $9.99 cover price, you can't go wrong with Dynamo 5 Volume 1. If you haven't had a chance to explore some of the superhero worlds outside of Marvel and DC, be sure to make this your subsequent stop.
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Thank god Captain Dynamo got himself whacked, otherwise we the readers would never have encountered Dynamo 5, five of his illegitimate children brought together after the unfaithful Captain's death by his widow Maddie Warner. Read this book and meet
SCRAP: Beautiful and alluring graduate from NYU Film school who possesses her dad's super-strength!
SLINGSHOT: Equally sexy and sophisticated heroine with the power of hypersonic fight!
SCATTERBRAIN: Would-be pro-footballer and teenager with the disturbing ability to read minds!
MYRIAD: Smooth talking womanizer who bounced around foster homes as a kid, now possessing daddy's shape-changing ability!
VISIONARY: High School nerd desperately seeking to lose his virginity, with incredible vision powers to boot!
No sooner have these five half-siblings met when they are thrown into battle against their father's old enemies now seeking to take advantage of the power-vacuum in Tower City. WHIPTAIL! THE VEIL! SYNERGY & CRYSALIS! Will they survive these monstrous foes? Buy this book, which collects Dynamo 5 issues 1 -7, and find out. Highly recommended for those who liked Robert Kirkman's Invincible, and for those readers who are tired of having their favorite superheroes recycled.
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Gage: "Can I just say that you are fine?"
Bridget: "You do realize that if Maddie's telling the truth, I'm your half-sister, right?"
With the untimely passing of Captain Dynamo, Tower City is bereft of its most powerful guardian. As supervillains eagerly take advantage of the unprotected city, Captain Dynamo's widow, Maddie Warner, in response, gathers 5 young people whom her husband had illegitimately fathered. These kids come from disparate backgrounds and upbringings. Each offspring boasts one of the various super powers which Captain Dynamo had had. Raw in training, dealing with newly-erupted familial issues, and coping with their recently unlocked talents, these five complete strangers will have to do something their old man never had to: become a team player...
In hindsight, I'm a bit surprised no one's come up with this premise before. It's certainly an intriguing one. Published by Image Comics and making its debut in early 2007, DYNAMO 5 is set in the same universe as Jay Faerber's other superhero family saga NOBLE CAUSES. In fact, it was in issue #18 of NOBLE CAUSES that Captain Dynamo met his death at the hands of a contract killer named Widowmaker, who incidentally is still at large and plying her trade. But while NOBLE CAUSES delves deeper into the soap opera elements of its cast, DYNAMO 5 does tend to focus equally on the young folks' personal lives and their thrilling exploits as the Dynamo 5.
This trade paperback, titled DYNAMO 5: POST-NUCLEAR FAMILY VOLUME 1, collects the monthly series' absorbing very first seven issues. Really, I can't put it more plainly than this: DYNAMO 5 is just a ripping good, old-fashioned entertainment. Jay Faerber's writing keeps it light yet suspenseful and on point. He definitely knows where he's going with this. As well, there are several corkscrew surprises thrown in to maintain a keen interest. And Faerber fleshes out his characters enough that you get drawn in and want to know more about them. I'm enjoying the relationship dynamics among the five half-siblings, as well as their interactions with the cold and demanding, sometimes maternal but mostly scheming Maggie Warner, who definitely is keeping her own set of secrets. No complaints about the artwork, either. Mahmud A. Asrar is an excellent artistic find; his visual storytelling is bold and dynamic, and will keep you eagerly eyeballing these pages.
I like that the individual talents the kids inherit are pretty diverse. It's a pretty interesting mix. Scrap (real name Bridget, an NYU Film School grad who currently works at a movie theater) has super-strength and is my favorite Dynamo. Scatterbrain (Gage, a popular high school football jock) is a telepath. Visionary (Hector, a much bullied half-Asian high school geek) has wide-ranged vision abilities. Myriad (Spencer, an orphan and a playboy) can assume any identity. Slingshot (Olivia, a highly motivated college student, who's looking more and more like the field leader) can fly really fast. On the surface, these assorted superpowers don't translate to a team who'll simply cow and overpower villains (with Scrap being the only muscle, as it is). It's looking more like precise execution and teamwork are what'll tide this bunch over. Oh, and, naturally, a big heaping of luck. With dangerous supervillains constantly popping out of the woodwork and the shady government agency F.L.A.G. persisting in not minding its beeswax, I'm curious to see how imaginative and clever Faerber will be regarding Dynamo 5's battle tactics and strategies. And, while these young 'uns seem to be handling their angst relatively well, Faerber can't possibly keep them on such an even emotional keel, can he? (The answer is no.)
DYNAMO 5 has got me hooked and has me salivating for each new issue. Most often, at this early stage is when a comic book is at its best and freshest and most inventive, when the writer and artist are the most hyped up and still discovering new things about their creations. So why not get onboard? Seven exciting issues, collected here, and, all I can say is: so far, so very good.
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Dynamo 5 vol. 1 is definitely worth the price! A great start to a fun series with interesting characters. It's paced very fast so a lot is happening in few pages. This isn't a slow-burn comic like something Bendis would write. This comic is the equivalent to a summer action movie. A very well done action movie.
That is also what it somewhat suffers from--the pace. It's a lot of characters thrown at you with little back story. Hopefully that will be resolved in future volumes, but as a standalone, the characters are a little thin because of the pace and space limitations. But what is there definitely tantalizes the reader on what's to come.
As for the story, it's not exactly breaking new ground in parts. And with some ideas it felt less of an homage to the BIG TWO publishers and more of a direct pilfering (Lizard Man formula?). While an argument can be made that everything in comics has been done before already, I would've preferred a little more originality.
But all of those are really minor quibbles with a book that is quite frankly heads and tails above the majority of comics out there now. And the concept of splitting a Superman-like character's powers into his offspring is really ingenious. I'll certainly be buying any future volumes that come out.
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