I like this book. The story seems a little . . . out there. But, overall, I like the way it's unfolding. This is supposed to be Jack's origin, but up until this issue, it seemed like at best it was just going to be his "coming out" party. At the time of this story, Jack has had his powers for about 20 years, but he has yet to be discovered by StormWatch. So it's definitely before his Authority years. At the time it seems like all he's really accomplished with his gifts are a little vigilantism and some crime-fighting. But nothing on the stature of what he'll be dealing with when he becomes part of the Authority. So anyways, I just thought, maybe, this was simply going to be the time that Jack decided to get his act together and do something with the abilities he's been given. However, in this issue, we start to see the beginning of what looks to be Jack's actual origin. It seems as if he's always wondered about who it was that did what they did to him, but . . it's in the past, and nobodies bothered him lately . . so, I think, he just went on about his life. Now, it seems, the past has come back, and it's ready to take a bite out of his ass. We don't get the whole gist of the story yet, but Jack is attacked by a guy who says that he's one of the ones that gave Jack his gifts. But . . that's about all the information we get from this issue. I like the little romance that seems to be brewing between Jack and Juliet. But I think Juliet may be playing with him a little bit. "Stroking his ego", as it were. The story is unfolding slowly though, so we don't really know what anybodies motives are. So far I like the effort that Mike Costa and Fiona Staples are putting in to this title. We're halfway through now, so . . we should be seeing some progress pretty soon. But, for lack of a regular Authority book on the shelves . . we gotta take what we can get.
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