Huck is a very special superhero. Resembling a football linebacker with a heart of gold, Huck is like Forest Gump with super speed, super strength, and an uncanny ability to find anything and anyone with little difficulty. Having been abandoned as a baby orphan on a doorstep of small town Americana, he grows up to be a person of such compassion and consideration for others that his whole life revolves around committing good deeds for his fellow neighbors in the small Northeastern setting. Imagine a simple minded man unable to form a single bad thought in his head, then add physical invincibility. You'd have Huck.
Writer Mark Millar and artist Rafael Albuquerque (colors by Dave McCaig) have created an instant classic comic book that will surely be made into a big screen adaptation (at least one) some day. The illustrations by Albuquerque resemble fine visual compositions of a Pixar animated feature (certain vignettes reminded me of The Incredibles), and Millar creates several multi-layered characters, both good and bad, and fuses the initial home-grown story with Russian spies and super-villains. Especially exciting is the appearance of Huck's biological mom, a matriarch so tough and gifted that she makes Sigourney Weaver in Aliens look like a weakling in comparison.
Huck is basically a superhero comic for those who don't read superhero comics, a story that young and old should enjoy equally. Its breathtaking visuals and honest portrayal of an incorruptible heart will soon elevate it to a universal fan favorite graphic novel. Seriously: if you want to be charmed and experience some edge-of-your-seat thrills simultaneously, look no further than Millar and Albuquerque's Huck.
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