The first six issues do have to dick around getting the kids set up with their powers and establishing the status quo. By the time we get to the two-parter featuring Cloak and Dagger, I think Vaughan had hit a pretty solid style of writing, and when Alphone rejoined him after said two-parter, it got even better. The Good Die Young is a classic story arc, frankly. Amazingly fast-paced and yet slow enough to give us all the details we need.