If you read my blog regularly, you may have noticed a pattern in my reviews lately. I pick up old comics. Sometimes (but not always) they come with ridiculous gimmicks (bullet holes, holograms, etc.), but more often than not, it’s just because they caught my eye. In some cases, I chose titles where I could get the first issue for next to no cost, and often it was a series I had never heard of before.
Similarly, Troublemakers #1 caught my eye as a comic with a fun-looking cover, but I didn’t know about it until I bought Peanuts. Troublemaker itself ran for 19 issues and ended its only run. And it all started with this issue in 1997.
So what is it? I myself had no preconceptions and had no idea what the story was about, so it was completely new to me. This story is about a group of teenagers with superpowers who are hidden from the outside world. So far, it doesn’t seem particularly unique or interesting, but the fact that they’ve been genetically engineered by a big pharmaceutical company whose employees are sperm and egg donors gives it an unusual advantage. .
For the most part, it’s a fun story about kids pushing their limits and figuring out what they can get away with before they’re caught and sent back to their secret home, but by the end there’s a truly moving subplot that comes into focus. There is. I have to say this issue brought me to tears.
It’s very charming, very well-handled, and almost a far cry from what you’d expect from a typical 90s comic, especially an Acclaim/Valiant one.
It was certainly unexpected, but not unwelcome. Unlike most of these older comics I’ve checked out, which quickly reveal why they’re cheap and forgotten, Troublemakers #1 is a tragic story that unfolds well once the necessary exposition is addressed. A truly interesting story with an interesting plot. This is a manga I can definitely recommend, so if you go to a comic book store that has a good selection of back issues, see if you can find it. It’s well worth reading, and I’d like to read more in this series if I have the chance.
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