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A good artist draws four chapters of slow superhero soap opera set-up before a bad artist steps in to draw two chapters of a bloodbath full of twists and turns.

This was supposed to ride the buzz and provide fodder for future seasons of the new Netflix show, but that got cancelled immediately after launch, so I'd guess that Millar will let the books go dormant again as Millarworld franchise hopes move on to an upcoming Super Crooks live-action show .

I was surprised to see a sub-plot taking China to task for Uyghur genocide, as a lot of U.S. media companies seem to side-step it for fear of lost revenue. The resolution of that thread here though was pretty offhand, making the point of its inclusion rather questionable and probably in poor taste.

Overall, this is a pretty standard Millar outing, with enough good stuff to slightly outweigh the bad, so thumb's up. ( )