Comics: Antingeros ~ Issue 1: Power Strugle

Story by: James Bernardo

Illustrated by: Geonard Yleana and Carlo Cruz

Rated: For Mature Readers

Pelikomiks Studios

(5/5 ★★★★★)

"What would you do if you possessed amazing powers?

The most common answer is, of course, to save the world.

But power is and has always been a deceptive beast.

Innocent and idealistic at first but when left unchecked, bares its vicious teeth and devours everything.

It is probably why we are so fascinated by it, why we are drawn to it. It's a flickering light in the distance that grows brighter the closer we get. And, it reveals itself as a shining amulet we desire to wear around our necks.

Our history is filled with stories and legends of individuals wielding enchanted relics of power. Some were heroes who defended our freedom and saved lives. Some were not.

Their stories power this one.

This is a story of four childhood friends who all once dreamed of saving the world.

What would they do if they possessed amazing powers?"

The Good:

Opening to a robbery conducted by individuals with super power really beefs up the opening of the story. It provides an insight to one of the probable sources of the anting-anting's powers. The legend of the lightning's fang seems like one of those old stories that everyone in the province knew and we were lucky enough to hear it.

The Bad:

The cover wasn't that appealing. The poor quality, due to photocopying, had lost some of the interesting things that could fascinate a reader such as the small details on the anting-anting.

The Verdict:

Away with post-apocalyptic themed stories. Pelikomiks Studios presents a new series that looks like a superhero story. A group whose super powers came from the anting-anting that they possess.

Antingeros' first issue has a promising start that focuses on a magical amulet. It opens us to a new legend about the gods of thunder and lightning. One could only imagine it to be similar to those young adult a.k.a YA novels that engages the reader to see another aspect of the world that we are living in. Antingeros and the Lightning's Fang might be the title of the book if this was created as a YA novel instead.

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