Jupiter’s Legacy #1 Review

“Superheroes were the summit of American aspiration and so our children grew up to remind mankind of everything we could ever hope to be.” Writer: Mark Millar / Artist: Frank Quitely / Image Comics Jupiter’s Legacy is the first comic book series to ever captivate my interest in the panels. Not gonna front and act like I’ve read many comics, but I was still drawn to this story like a mosquito to the glow of a distant light. It not only features two separate factions of superheroes, but puts them front and center of this semi-fictional world’s international conflicts and political interests. Jupiter’s Legacy originally dropped in 2013. It’s written by one of the beasts of this age, Mark Millar, drawn by the award winning Frank Quitely, with color and lettering by Peter Doherty. Millar’s first piece of lengthy work sans Morrison begins in Morroco in 1932. Our story is centered around a group of family members and friends, led by Sheldon Sampson and his dreams of an island that is drawing him to it. Following the big Stock Market crash of ’29, Sheldon was left financially crippled after his life full of privilege and advancement was ripped from his jaded grip. These visions of the island forced his wife to pack up shop and hit him with the deuces, but they also brought him across 3 continents to the opening page where he has finally convinced a local sailor to take him to this place 600 miles off the coast. The local obviously thinks he’s crazy because you know, he’s a local and …