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I must admit to being surprised at several different aspects of this book. Although the book takes place in a world where there are super-powered beings, the direction of the story and narrative and character motivations are not something that are found in main stream super powered titles.

From writer Peter G.comes issue two of a five issue series and it focuses on the Supremacy, a team on villains who rule over a city with no heroes. And therein lies the first interesting point of the book. With the exception of Dark Avengers from Marvel, you could probably count on one hand a comic that is told from the antagonists point of view. Led by the exotically named Crueutzfeldt, The Supremacy is band of super powered beings that have banded together to get rid of the heroes with the view of running things themselves. But inevitably and is always the case with villain team ups with the heroes out of the way, there are seeds of destruction within the make up of the group that Crueutzfeldt will do just about anything to avoid coming to fruitition. Crueutzfeldt is a smart guy, so I see him being aware of this potentially fatal flaw within his group but I also see him having the wherewithal to counter any movement against it. In subsequent issues that is something to keep an eye out for while The Supremacy attempt to deal with the Obsidian. Which brings me to interesting point number two.

Obsidian is one of the coolest heroes I have come across in ages from any company. It is totally down to how Peter G. constructed the character and how menacing he is presented by Biddix. His lack of speech and internal narrative is adept in realising the characters tone and presence in the book. It is important to remember that for a time now The Supremacy have not faced a threat of this calibre. The initial confrontation between Obsidian and Supremacy members Rocket Ruler and Road Rager is a total walk over for the silent hero. The fight scene had me laughing in a good way as the way Obsidian put down the twosome was perfect. The execution of his process was perfect particularly when Rocket gets mashed into the bonnet of a car. That scene and the subsequent crowd reaction was a great way to end the issue.

Art is provided for by Dwayne Biddix formerly of Morbid Myths and soon of Suicide Note. It would be remiss of me to not mention his art without mentioning the colouring of Anthony Lee. Through Biddix' pencils and Lee's colouring we are provided with immaculate interior work of the Supremacy's base and structured, easy to follow storytelling and their contrasting colours between the villains and Obsidian. Their combination works really well particularly when you look towards the end of the issue. There is a scene where the aforementioned Rocket Ruler and Road Rager are trying to bring Obsidian to a halt. Now, the pencilling is basic, the panels don't call for much but the colouring is interesting in that you would normally see the villains presented in a darker tone of colour than the hero and the hero would be prominently at the front in a situation like that but what we see is a cute use of perspective. Obsidian being flanked by the very primary colourful twosome while being shown in the darker tone of colouring while all three are at the same perspective with no one character getting preference in terms of size sits perfectly with Peter G's assessment that the villains are the main pull of the book and that was a subtle but effective show of that from all involved.

Enough was shown by the creative team to pull me back to see how this all pans out. It's turning out to be an effective series that has struck a chord with those who have read it as I understand that the first issue went back for reorders and the marketing people did a huge thing for comic buyers with this issue by taking two quid of the cover price. What more do you want, buy this thing, it won't be around forever.