Idolized #1

[superfangirl1]

A slew of hopefuls sit and wait for the chance to go in front of three judges that will run them over the coals and see if they have what it takes to become the next Superhero Idol and get to join a league of great superheroes.



Leslie tells the panel that she has the classic case of redemption. She then begins to share the tale of her parents being killed during fight among super heroes, during a massive fight. A young Leslie does everything in her power to save them. But alas she couldn't do it. So losing her family wrecks her with loads of guilt for Leslie until she hears about the show and chance to make things right with getting revenge on one super villain that cause her parents death.

Comments

[donnblake]

Well, at least it's not senselessly lethal gladiatorial combat.

[blackruzsa]

It's worse.
Just personally.

[lucky_gamble]

I originally saw this at my local shop but put off by the cover (a Victoria secret model right?). Reading this maybe I was wrong about brushing it off. A lot less grim than Americas Got Powers.

[arise]

If it's black comedy as opposed to grimdark, this could actually be a pretty fun read.

Wasn't there another comic like this from awhile back where superpowered kids fought in an arena or something? Or is this the same thing as that?

[lucky_gamble]

Americas Got Powers.

[arise]

See, from the name that sounds like it would be comedic, but...

[lucky_gamble]

You'd think and you would be horribly wrong. As serious as the GRE's.

[darkblade]

That's arguably worse since it game out right on the tail end of Hunger Games, making it's creative bankruptcy all the more noticeable.

[his_spiffynesss]

You need to edit the tags, there isn't a coma between the title and creator.

[icon_uk]

I'm torn. The art and colouring do little for me, they seem very generic. The "superhero as talent show" has been done many times, but on the other hand, anything which involves shutting down the brain of a Simon Cowell analogue has a certain appeal.

Nah, I think I'll go reread Wildguard again. Nice try Idolized, but that's a No from me.

[blackruzsa]

S'funny how my standard of what's disgusting is different with a few people on this comm, but this is disgusting. I mean, really.

I guess it's a play on how impersonal things become when entering televised media, but I cringed, and cringed HARD at this. "Your parents died? Eh, it's been done."

ALSO, "who's", not "whose." In that part with "whose whining because her parents were killed." It's supposed to be "who's".

[wizardru]

This seems a little on the nose. I could see the concept being interesting, but I"m having a hard time understanding how the concept tracks. Superheroes are almost always vigilantes...people who take the law into their own hands. Some eventually get deputized or vaguely get sheltered under the concept of 'citizen's arrest' (or just get the benefit of a blind-eye from the local police)...but what's the story justification for why someone would need to go through this competition rather than just hunt the villain down?

Of course, the fact that I don't particularly like American Idol all that much doesn't help this concept much.

[auggie18]

I'm going to say the same thing here I said when I saw the boring revenge fantasy God Bless America:

An American Idol parody? In 2012? Really? Wouldn't this have been more relevant nine, ten years ago when the show was still relatively new and not starting to die?

Art's nice. Story just seems like a less interesting version of Wildguard. It has potential, but I'm not seeing anything here that'll make me want to pick this up.

[hyperactivator]

Why do they keep wanting to use superheros as metaphores for celebrities? Cops,firefighters, and soldiers I could understand because they do the same job. But why would her pasts entertainment value matter when it comes to saveing lives and combating evil?

It just doesn't work. Why are there cameras? Why do looks matter? It has nothing to do with the actual job. I could understand wanting to give these people good PR but this is just forceing a square peg into a round hole.

[cricharddavies]

Because the people who do it hate and resent celebrities and hate and resent the domination of superheroes in the American comic book market. So they combine two perceived shitty tastes to mock both.

[icon_uk]

Except they're not there to be heroes as such, they're here to be celebrities whose gimmick is that they fight crime. They're being interviewed as a media commodity, not an agent for social change.

"Big Brother" is only vaguely a social experiment, it's much more about making entertainment.

[hyperactivator]

Exaclty. Why would they let them anywhere near actual crimes and disasters? At least the America's got powers thing didn't pretend to be actual heros.

[big_daddy_d]

I can't help but wonder if this comic is taking a shot at the comic industry and if the judges represent certain comic creators.

[green_hellfish_of_doom]

So... are aspen comics only spine-broking on their covers, or is this a glaringly exception to all the rest?