Review of
Youngblood #0,
written by Rob Liefeld
Four out of five stars
The premise of
this comic series has been used before. A small band of genetically enhanced
super warriors under the control of the U. S. government are dispatched to a
location where a conventional war is being fought. Their role is to deter aggression
by defeating the army of a hostile Middle Eastern nation. Given their powers,
it is easy for them to wipe out the enemy forces.
However, their internal dynamics are such that the
commander has little control over some of the team members, leading to unnecessary
deaths and brutal fighting between the others. The original team is disbanded, and
a new Youngblood team is constituted. The leader’s name is Shaft, and six other
semi-humans make up the team, one of which is female.
This issue
basically covers little more than the breakdown of the old Youngblood team and
the formation of the new. The reader is given only a rudimentary explanation of
their skills, it is left to speculation and further issues to determine the level
of unit cohesion. None of the team members have worked together before.
There is the
almost obligatory mention of the politicians and their wiles versus the action
centric members of the Youngblood team. Yet, the reader is given enough to
pique their interest so that they want to read future issues.
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