Eh, an interesting premise of supernatural creatures moonlighting as superheroes/villains to hide their identities. It has major found family vibes as it's not illegal for vampires to live in clans/communities together, but our main characters can't stay away from each other.

Not bad overall, but it's not something I could see myself reading a volume two.

2.5 ( )

Horror archetypes like vampires, werewolves, and Frankenstein's monster keep their presence on the down-low in Marstoke -- a city name that is appropriately a portmanteau of Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker -- so as to not violate the rule of secrecy imposed by a fascistic and draconian supernatural cabal. But one of the creatures of the night, suffering from immortal ennui and looking for something to stave off boredom, thinks he has found a loophole, using his paranormal abilities to pose as a superhero. And it works fine until copycats that go bump in the night take the game to the next level. Bloodshed ensues.

Chip Zdarsky serves up a Mark Millar special: add enough action and familiar tropes to make it a viable movie pitch but not so much detail that it actually needs to make much sense. It all seems sort of original and yet is entirely too familiar. ( )