Quince #9 Review

Writers: Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner / Artist: Emma Steinkellner / Translator: Valeria Tranier / FanBase Press Editor’s Note: FanBase Press is releasing two issues of Quince at a time as part of a special summer promotion. Two issues of Quince! Check out our issue #8 review. The cat’s out the bag, Lupe’s family (other than OG Abuela) knows about her superhero alter ego and all her late night/early morning outings but the whole reveal went better than expected. Expectations are something else though because when you place them on other people you’re bound to be disappointed. Lupe expects breakfast in bed — “A Super breakfast for my superhero!” and gets none of that. Hah. It’s winter break and she’d starting to feel smothered by her family because everyone, and I mean everyone, in her (immediate) family has tips, concerns, and feedback for her and it’s starting to grate on her nerves. It really does go from 1 to 100.

Yet it is not all bad as Lupe sits and reflects and Abuela steps in for a heart to heart. To look at it overall: Lupe has a loving, supporting fam-bam who is as excited for her as they are wanting her to be and look her best. It’s endearing to see a superhero with such a great support system in place because I can think of at least two handfuls of teen superheroes/crime fighters that don’t have that. In fact they have broken families, villain uncles, dead mothers, or have even been raised by assassins. This is an all-ages comic, but it’s great to see a …