Jupiter’s Circle # 4 Review

Writer: Mark Millar / Pencil and Ink Artists: David Gianfelice & Francesco Mortarino / Image Comics

“Superheroes were the summit of American aspiration and so our children grew up to remind mankind of everything we could ever hope to be.” Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Circle takes a very big turn in issue #4. This is our first look at this world from a very different perspective. A young perspective.

We kick things off in Malibu with a bunch of super powered young gunz having some fun with their mere mortal friends and fans. By having fun with them I mean flying them up hundreds of feet above the ocean, dropping them and holding out for suspense before catching them as close to the water as possible. But let’s not jump to judgement, I did some dumb shit as a kid too.

Fitz is having the Teen Scene (really Mark Millar?) over to the beach side clubhouse and is actually asking some good questions about this perilous game and being somewhat responsible. Ya know, for an adulterous, pot indulging, high flying, speedster. Then he goes and drops the naive bomb that he hopes his girlfriend April will be allowed to join The Union, now that they’re engaged. Meanwhile, Lady Liberty and the team are over at Fitz crib trying to console his wife Joyce, and the family. The Utopian and Skyfox are outside talking to Fitz oldest boy about his developing powers and how he’s lucky to have them. Heredity isn’t guaranteed, as evident by some high school boys without even a hint of powers. It’s like…