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Grace Randolph's Supurbia: Ongoing #9-12
Grace Randolph's Supurbia Vol. 4
The Real Housewives of the World’s Most Powerful Superheroes are back...and back-stabbing each other.
The Galactic Protection Systems Expo has ended in tragedy, leaving the Meta Legion in tatters. With Helen and Gio captured by evil forces and Sovereign gone AWOL, the remaining heroes band together to confront Hector Hunt in his magic realm -- but will it be enough to save Zari from the evil growing inside her? From rising star writer Grace Randolph (Marvel’s NATION X, HER-OES) and hot new talent Russell Dauterman, GRACE RANDOLPH’S SUPURBIA is a unique new twist on the superhero genre that takes a scandalous, TMZ-fueled look at what it’s like to live with a superhero.
The Galactic Protection Systems Expo has ended in tragedy, leaving the Meta Legion in tatters. With Helen and Gio captured by evil forces and Sovereign gone AWOL, the remaining heroes band together to confront Hector Hunt in his magic realm -- but will it be enough to save Zari from the evil growing inside her? From rising star writer Grace Randolph (Marvel’s NATION X, HER-OES) and hot new talent Russell Dauterman, GRACE RANDOLPH’S SUPURBIA is a unique new twist on the superhero genre that takes a scandalous, TMZ-fueled look at what it’s like to live with a superhero.
112 pages, Paperback
First published July 8, 2014
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December 6, 2018
When it comes to comic books, this has got to be my favorite reading this year. I wish I had read it sooner! What Grace Randolph and Russel Dauterman have created here is nothing short of amazing. This is an essential read for DC comics fans (I guess Marvel too, but DC was my source to enjoy the intertextuality). It offers a critical, but also creative look at our favorite heroes, and the people who are usually in the sidelines: their lovers, their aids, their families.
What if Batman and Nightwing were lovers? What if Wonder Woman had a son whom she scorned simply for being a man? What if Superman abused Harley Quinn even worse than Joker ever did? What does it mean to be the husband or wife of a superhero? How can our emotions get the best of us? Grace Randolph tackles these questions (and many more), and she delivers not only a devastating answer, but a highly-entertaining one. Every page feels relevant. There's no mediocre stuffing in here. Every beat has meaning, and Russel Dauterman complements that with his brilliant illustrations which also carry depth, emotion, and—let's be honest—a lot of highly-welcomed sex appeal that comments in more ways than one on our historical perception of the archetypes that Grace uses as a blueprint for her wonderful characters, as well as to capture how the characters perceive one another. Recent comic books incline more toward shock value to entertain their readers, but Supurbia is a jewel that has many layers. It was a joy to peel each one of them.
Suffice to say, this gets a standing ovation on my part. I read this digitally thanks to Comixology, but I can't wait to purchase the physical versions. This is the stuff of collectors!
What if Batman and Nightwing were lovers? What if Wonder Woman had a son whom she scorned simply for being a man? What if Superman abused Harley Quinn even worse than Joker ever did? What does it mean to be the husband or wife of a superhero? How can our emotions get the best of us? Grace Randolph tackles these questions (and many more), and she delivers not only a devastating answer, but a highly-entertaining one. Every page feels relevant. There's no mediocre stuffing in here. Every beat has meaning, and Russel Dauterman complements that with his brilliant illustrations which also carry depth, emotion, and—let's be honest—a lot of highly-welcomed sex appeal that comments in more ways than one on our historical perception of the archetypes that Grace uses as a blueprint for her wonderful characters, as well as to capture how the characters perceive one another. Recent comic books incline more toward shock value to entertain their readers, but Supurbia is a jewel that has many layers. It was a joy to peel each one of them.
Suffice to say, this gets a standing ovation on my part. I read this digitally thanks to Comixology, but I can't wait to purchase the physical versions. This is the stuff of collectors!
October 4, 2019
This was a good run. Like I said in previous reviews, Hella is the most compelling character to come out of this series. The series ends on a high note with the reformed villainess returning to her dark ways not because she didn’t try to stay on the path of goodness, but because of people consistently failed her. But, Zari becomes a beacon for Hella when Hella gifts Zari with her last bit of goodness and charges the young girl to stop her when she grows up. The Ruth and Eve conflict comes to a violent end, but to be honest I never cared much for this main storyline. I think the story did a great job for using these stereotypes as a foundation to then launch into an original and unique arc and character.
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January 11, 2024Look, this was a random pick up from the library and the online catalogue made no indication this was volume 4/4, so I don't think it's fair to give this a score.
I will say that I only really enjoyed the author's note about this series being written by a women wanting to write comics with femme characters as realised as masc characters, and some of the art.
I will say that I only really enjoyed the author's note about this series being written by a women wanting to write comics with femme characters as realised as masc characters, and some of the art.
January 3, 2022
This was a nice volume but it's so frustrating to see that it all ends here. Huge leaps have been made in comparison with the first volume and many of the characters have even grown on me. There is so much potential here and it's highly frustrating that it ends here for this world and characters just when things were kicking into gear... It was, however, a nice ride!
July 21, 2019
Superbia is superb!
A great tale, nicely drawn. I like stories which look at the superhero genre through a different lens and grace randolph does a great job here, thoroughly enjoyable and scope for expanding this universe.
A great tale, nicely drawn. I like stories which look at the superhero genre through a different lens and grace randolph does a great job here, thoroughly enjoyable and scope for expanding this universe.
February 10, 2022
Gets better and better.
Randolph turns it up to an eleven with this issue, gutting us, the reader, with bloody action, inevitable betrayals, and messy divorces. She continues to blow the lid off of the comic book genre.
Randolph turns it up to an eleven with this issue, gutting us, the reader, with bloody action, inevitable betrayals, and messy divorces. She continues to blow the lid off of the comic book genre.
December 24, 2024
3.25⭐️
Big shame this series got cut short!
Big shame this series got cut short!
September 27, 2025
It was good, but I hate not knowing what happened to one of the characters.
January 9, 2015
This volume was really action-packed, but there was so much going on that some things felt kind of rushed. There were definitely some scenes I would have loved to have seen drawn out on the page that ended up happening "off-page". Still a fantastic story, though!
September 29, 2014
Look for my official review next month at www.slugmag.com
April 23, 2015
And so on
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