Noble Causes Volume 2: Family Secrets

Noble Causes #2

by Jay Faerber, Ian Richardson (Artist), Jonboy Meyers (Artist)

Liz Donnelly - the widow of super-hero Race Noble - is an everyday person living with her in-laws, a family of celebrity superheroes In Family Secrets, Liz finds herself at the center of a media frenzy surrounding the pregnancy of Zephyr Noble, as numerous factions - including the Nobles themselves - try to find out the identity of the baby's father. Meanwhile, Frost tries to use the situation to his advantage, in his quest for the identity of his father, Rusty makes a bold decision about his future, and Doc takes drastic steps to repair his relationship with his children.

Collects Noble Causes: Family Secrets #1-4

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics

120 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2004

Reviews

[Sarospice]

Faeber writes in a fast way. You don't have to wait for very long for the drama but this title doesn't feel as fresh as DYNAMO 5. I suppose he got better with age? Also, this volume features a lot of beginner art and way too heavy lined inking. Doesn't give much depth. It would also be fun to see this team of heroes fight some villains.

[Nick]

Still very readable, but still rushed, which still hurts the credibility of some of the scenes. For instance, much of the story is about romantic and/or sexual relationships, but some of them just don't quite make sense at this pace.
I did think that the "crossover" aspect of the story was kind of funny, with cameos by characters from all over the other Image titles.

[Chad]

The family is still mourning Race's death while Zephyr's baby daddy is the big mystery. I like how this is used to actually tie into some of the other Image titles of the day. This is truly a soap opera hidden behind a superhero family and I dig it. Ian Richardson's art is pretty good. It's no Patrick Gleason though (who did the first trade.)

[Guido]

Segundo tomo de la colección, que incluye varios cameos de personajes del "universo" Image

[jcw3-john]

This comic is such a trashy mess. Rough start to the miniseries, but I started enjoying it for what it was more as it went on. 7.5/10.

[Jason]

Hello super hero family train wreck. Even Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil couldn't put this dysfunctional family back together again. Which just makes it one hell of a train wreck that you can't turn away from. This is a soap opera for the fan boy/girl and it offers up more twists than you can shake a stick at.

[Rob McMonigal]

See my review here, had this mislabeled before: http://trebro.livejournal.com/255541....

[Christina]

Still loving this series! Very interesting.