Michael Avon Oeming's The Victories #1

by Michael Avon Oeming

"Not long from now, all that will stand between you and evil are the Victories- six heroes sworn to protect us from crime, corruption, and the dark. As one member cracks down on the violence, he discovers himself touched by a painful past through the psychic powers of Link. Will this trauma cause him to self- destruct or continue the fight? * The raunchiest superheroes since _The Boys_! * From the co-creator of _Powers_! ""Mike Oeming is one of the great people and comic artists on the planet earth. I've been dying for Mike to write and draw his own book for years. And here it is! If you like _Powers_, you will love _The Victories_!""- Brian Michael Bendis"

27 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2015

About the author

Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.

His 1998 comic book Bulletproof Monk was made into a film of the same name.

The previous mentioned collaborations are The Mice Templar from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass,[1] and Powers from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include Rapture, on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma,[2] and The Victories, both for Dark Horse Comics.

As of 2010, he is employed as a staff member of Valve Corporation, working on Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 webcomics.

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Remarkably vicious and ugly, and although it didn't happen in this issue, cover art looks like it's going to get racially problematic.

It's taking some Batman themes and making them that much grittier, and I won't even deny that when the Jackal says heroes don't lie he has a point, but this is pretty gross.