Suicide Risk #1 Powers Can Be Yours.. For A Price

I am not too familiar with Mike Carey, but to be fair I am generally limited to my knowledge of the creative team until the past couple of years. This is a very unique look at how our world may look if everyday people were to able to get access to powers. Some used their powers for good, some for bad.

I liked that Carey used a superhero death within the first few pages. We all have seen the cops at the scene of a supervillain rampaging the big apple, then the superheroes show up to save the day. The way Carey presents it, what happens to the Cops/ The first responders before the heroes show up? A lot of them die or as we see Leo’s friend have his arm ripped off. As a first time reader of this series, I am really intrigued and I want to know more, but was it enough to make me pick up issue two?

The art went really well with the story. I believe the two complimented each other very well. I believe the idea behind the story is unique. We see the main Character’s side story with his family but not the main focus. There was a lot of information in issue one which was needed it set up a foundation to what appears to be a solid run, depending on which direction Carey takes us on.

The question is, is the story intriguing enough to pick up issue two? Yes! In fact, I had to force myself to write a review before reading issue two. There was a bit of a cliff hanger on the last page. I want to see where it’s going to go.