Looking for the hot stuff team-up and sidekick action this week? We’ve got just the thing for your collection. Summer of Valiant continues with
Quantum and Woody #1, Batman’s savior Michael Uslan puts The Shadow and Green Hornet in harms way, and by golly, Gotham itself is in trouble again as the Riddler and Catwoman takes us back in time to
Batman ’66 #1 &
#2.
QUANTUM AND WOODY #1WRITER: James AsmusART: Tom FowlerPublication Date: July 10, 2013Price: $3.99Publisher: Valiant ComicsUPC: 85899200310900111Buy it HERE“The World’s Worst Superhero Team”
Bros! Just your typical white kid adopted by a black dad and raising his son along with the new kid.
Eric and Woody Henderson grew up together and hey, even stood up for each other on occasion. The boys got into some serious trouble of course, but were close.
Derek Henderson aka Dad was an energy researcher at Quantum Labs.
On his last day of work, he steals away his secret research files and heads for the door—only to be stopped by a large Russian with a hammer and sickle scar on his face! Not good, Dad met his maker and the boys must get together after years of growing apart. Eric joined the military to make his Dad proud, but Woody…became a grifter, stealing what he can to get by. While investigating their late father’s research, they’re caught in a nuclear accident, leaving them glowing and naked on Quantum Labs lawn!
And now, they are prime suspects in their own father’s murder.
Really great start to the series here, Tom Fowler’s art is amazing and fun, matching the quick and funny dialogue. This is really about the relationship between the brothers by way of adoption, and it is an interesting dynamic. I appreciate that, even by the current Valiant Universe canon, with Harbingers and nanite infected soldiers running around, a casual observer from the street calls these guys “the worst” as they fall from a building and it is caught on the news!
You could use the word silly to describe the book, but don’t think of this as a Deadpool type action story, breaking the third wall and dropping pop culture references.
This is more of a funny buddy cop story like
Lethal Weapon or
Cop Out. The second Summer of Valiant continues on, hilariously, with Quantum and Woody!
