Greg Capullo's stylish, clean and defined artwork immediately captures the reader's attention in the first pages of Reborn. After a mysteriously cloaked sniper on a city rooftop assassinates two men, the story suddenly shifts elsewhere, to a more brightly colored, but otherwise dark world, where a small group of warriors readies for a large battle against a much bigger army. The illustrations are rich with detail, the characters look sharp, and the action is kinetic.
The story, written by Mark Millar, is equally captivating. The heroine is Mrs. Black, a seventy-eight year old woman who recounts her life through several pages before she is taken to the emergency room. When she comes to, she finds herself to be a much younger woman called Bonnie, wearing a super-hero like costume, and living in some sort of post-apocalyptic, Terminator-esque future where dragons and goblins try to kill her.
So begins Reborn #1, a science-fiction/action series that is bound to have more than a few surprises in the upcoming issues. It will be intriguing to see whether our heroine has been transported to another world or dimension, or has simply been reincarnated as her younger self. Either way, a promising new comic is (re)Born.
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