Ignited Vol. 1 by Mark Waid and Kwanza Osajyefo, GRAPHIC NOVEL. H1 (Humanoids), 2019. $15. EBOOK.
Language: R (51 swears, 19 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The first day of school is never great, but this first day of school is making the news because it’s also the first day of its reopening after a school shooting in May. Anouk just wants it to be a normal day to prove that normal is still possible, but that’s thrown out the window when an anonymous group pushes back against the unreasonable precautions the school administration is taking. As these students discover the odd similarities between their experiences with the shooting, they have to decide what they’re going to do with the new challenges arising.
The story was interesting, though the cause of the students’ powers is still ambiguous enough to be confusing. I wasn’t bored as I read, but I also don’t feel very compelled to find the following volumes to discover the answers to multiple unresolved questions. Overall, it was a good read with good illustrations, I just didn’t find it to be great. The violence rating is for school shooting scenes and action violence.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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