On Mark Millar’s “Jupiter’s Legacy,” Parentage and the Obsession of Enough

Some plot spoilers for the Jupiter SeriesHoliday weekends, in theory, or in the imagined psychic lie I construct for myself are supposed to be super productive days. I spend the waking hours of the work week doing a job that does not feed my creative necessities, so being off for three days or more should be my “get shit done” days. But instead, at the praising and properly hyped recommendation from Black Nerd Problems contributor Ja-Quan, I found myself instead venturing into my comics to do list. I had only meant to read the first couple of issues of Jupiter’s Legacy. I had only meant to read the first volume of Jupiter’s Legacy. I had only meant to see how Jupiter’s Circle started. Within a few hours, I had read the entire series, including the Legacy volume 2 conclusion, the single issue that released this week. Yes, Mark Millar is a brilliant and innovative writer. This is a known and verifiable thing. I wasn’t surprised at the efficient and beautiful locomotion of the story. I was most drawn in by the proposal and questioning of legacy itself, as it’s something I feel the grip of each and every day. [quote_simple]They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.*[/quote_simple] Jupiter’s Legacy essentially begins with a Macbethian story: the plot to murder a king. After being granted powers on a remote island during the 1930s, the Utopian, the world’s greatest hero leads Americ…