Angel: Revelations #1 - Marvel

I thought this would be an interesting series about Angel. As it turns out it's really and origin series. I'm not sure why it's not billed as such, but that's what it is. It's brought to us by the fantastic creative team of Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa on scripts and Adam Pollina on the pencils. I really enjoy Adam's work. He's taken kind of a different style with this book, but really, I enjoy it just as much as his other stuff. This story starts back when he was in the St. Joseph's Preparatory School for Wayward Boys. The only reason he's wayward though is because his parents are busy gallivanting all over the globe, while they have the school to baby-sit him. Anyways, the story starts right before his mutation becomes evident. He feels the physical changes happening to him, but he can't explain them. He's getting stronger, faster and more agile. Plus, he can eat and eat but he doesn't gain a pound. Which isn't all that uncommon for a boy his age, but he really doesn't do that much. It's not like he works out or does cardio or something. Plus, he starting to fell the itch and ache of something happening to his back and shoulders. Also this issue sets us up for the protagonist of the series. It's another boy in the school who thinks that Warren is nothing more than a spoiled brat . . plus he wants Warren's girl. "Dude, stalk much? He's dating Amanda, you're dating Tricia . . what's the difference? A cheerleader's a cheerleader." To which Brandon replies, "The difference is . . Amanda's hotter, and . . we both wanted her, okay? And she . . she chose him. I'm sick of Worthington getting everything he wants." So now we know who's going to be the first one to persecute him once they all find out he's a mutant. Also, there seems to be somebody out there hunting down mutant . . or potential ones . . but we don't really know what that's all about yet. On the final page of the book, Warren wakes to the usual aches and pains in his back. When he gets up he finds a very large feather on the floor. This looks to be a very promising series. Plus, it's a Marvel Knights imprint. Now we just need to sit back and see where we're going from here.