Things are good for Barry Chase, A.K.A. Flyboy, the
sidekick to the Red Cowl. That is until that fateful day where an assassin’s
bullet kills the hero of Sol City. Years later, Barry is a shell of himself and
a pathetic excuse for a hero. He even goes to the big convention in San Diego
in hopes of becoming someone else’s sidekick, and crowd sourcing to raise funds
to fight crime. Things are about to get worse for Flyboy…
While the deconstruction of a hero is not new, I don’t
remember reading anything like this before. Straczynski (no stranger to writing
superheroes) throws just about everything bad that he can think of at our hero.
Mandrake’s art is great as always. Between him and HiHi, they do an incredible
job of contrasting the bright, glory days of the past with the dark, depressing
present the title character now lives. Definitely worth picking up.
SIDEKICK #1 is in stores now or available for ordering at
www.Imagecomics.com.
