Jupiters Circle #5 Review

Writer: Mark Millar / 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.”

We start this issue with a little office sparring match between George and Walter. With shades of Terry Tate, office linebacker, all over the place, we get blessed with this fencing friendly. What’s on the line, you ask? Just a naked run through Central Park, nothing crazy. As you might have guessed, Walter took that L as we see his bare buttcheeks jogging through the panels. Surprisingly, he is joined by the man who sent him there. George isn’t gonna let his homie go through this solo dolo and matches him stride for stride saying they’ll have to outrun the PO-PO if they pull up. Don’t think that’ll be a problem.

In our very next scene, we see Skyfox laid up in a dumpster looking like a purple Oscar da Grouch. The police wake him up and tell him they got word he was in there and to come save his reputation. They remind him he was responding to a prison break and was last seen battling dude atop the Brooklyn Bridge. It all flooded back to him that they settled differences and decided to hit an Irish bar by the docks andddd that’s why the other dude is passed out under them boxes. Skyfox essentially bows for his alcoholic performance and hops in an awaiting car.

George’s former lover, Sunny, gets her first bit of shine in an issue that is shaping up to fin…