Book of Doom Preview:
The Mighty #1

I was this close () to picking Adventure Comics #0 as the Book of Doom this week. That $1 price tag looks nice, and I’m curious about whatever “Origins and Omens” backup story there is. Given that Legion of 3 Worlds also ships this week, I wouldn’t mind having a little sense of what the future holds for the Legion, no pun intended. But I don’t want to get my hopes up too high and end up coming down hard on Adventure if it ends up just primarily being what it is, and that is a reprint of a decades-old comic book.

So with that in mind, we’re going to take a stab at a brand new series — The Mighty. With Marvel cranking out all these Dark Avengers and Secret Darkers and Dark Warriors and New Invasioners books at $3.99 a pop, it’s nice to be able to jump in at ground level for just $2.99. Thank you for that, DC.

Welcome to the world of The Mighty! Alpha One — America’s first and only Super Hero — is supported by Section Omega, an entire police force devoted to assisting him in his quest for justice. Lt. Gabriel Cole has worked his way up the ranks of Section Omega and his connection to Alpha One reaches back to his own tragic childhood and an accident nobody could have survived. But when murder strikes at the top of the organization, the case falls into his lap, and he’ll begin to learn what being a hero is really all about!

Written by Peter J. Tomasi (FINAL CRISIS: REQUIEM, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) and Keith Champagne (WORLD WAR III) with gorgeous art by Peter Snejbjerg (STARMAN, THE LIGHT BRIGADE), this new ongoing series is not to be missed!

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