Stress is a normal, unavoidable part of life and emotional support is an important protective factor for dealing with life“s difficulties. That“s why having a social network can be so important. As shown in World’s Strongest you don“t need a huge network of friends and family to benefit from social support.
Worlds Strongest #1, picks-up with our protagonist Samantha Price, African American mother, wife and part time accountant , part time super hero who is the guardian of Metro City. Each night she slips out after work to fight crime with the help of her superpowers. So far she seems to have super strength, and a healing factor, but the most powerful is the admiration of her family and friends.
The most interesting view might be from the perspective of the antagonist, as it appears that their armor was built not just to conduct crime, but to specifically to defeat the Black Swan. Furthermore their strategy involves not just using one robot able to lift a city bus, but four robots.
The design of the Black Swan is, nice and simple with a lot to improve on for later, cosplay-able even, but it strikes me as a cross between the Captain Marvel Costume and the new Tiana Toomes costume(AKA Starling) but at least it is distinctive. Out of costume, though there were a few panels that attempted to display Samantha’s uniquely ethnic figure, and trust me I really did appreciate the body design in a “Real Women Have Curves” type of way, but real women d*ckholes, I don’t care how pink you make them (Jockey does sell Flyless by the way). I really dug how certain panels discretely utilized the landscape of Metro city to demonstrate the Black Swan’s Power’s.
Final Verdict:  For writers that needed a refresher on how to humanize their characters, and demonstrate super-powers in a fluid way that adds to the narrative, I can highly recommended this book.  I would like to warn readers that the World’s Strongest  may result in spontaneous eye irritation resulting eye tearing, and at other times sporadic bouts of laughter. I will continuing to investigate this safety issue at least unto issue #2 and will determine whether changes are needed in the prescribing issues!
SCORE: 3 stars out of 5
Written by: Juan Ponce
Art by: Matthew Gallman, Jon Yuen
Pencils: Matthew Gallman
Colored by: Jon Yuen
Lettered by: Matthew Gallman
Cover by: Beverly Johnson
Published by: Action Lab
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