Grounded #2

The cover of this 2005 Image series says it all with two blunt headlines: "The good news: Superheroes are real" — and "The bad news: You're not one of them." Paul Azaceta's artwork fills the page with a vibrant collage of costumed heroes in action above, while below a lone teenager sits at a school desk surrounded by classmates, looking decidedly ordinary by comparison. It's a sharp, clever premise that writer Mark Sable leans into with real wit, and this second issue promises to keep exploring that gap between the world of capes and the very un-super reality of everyday life.