The Innocents: The Beginning

Here’s what we know about The Innocents: an extreme sports star named Grace Stokes is stalked by women who attack her and talk about unlocking her potential in some sort of recruitment bid. Understandably confused, Grace questions them, but rather than reveal anything, they chide her unwillingness to open her eyes. That’s a little unfair, given they haven’t really offered her anything to go on besides aggravated assault.

We don’t know what the Innocents are, but they look like some kind of Watchers/Slayers-type outfit, with the instincts, powers and fighting chops one would expect a neo-Buffy to receive. This is all somehow connected to a lucky, lackadaisical businessman kidnapped by cryptic fellow with deep resources.

The dialogue’s solid, the pages are refreshingly thick with information, and the art by Bing Cansino shares a lot of good qualities with J.G. Jones, particularly under Ed Tadeo’s colors. But a book about a sky-diving fashion designer with psychic powers who’s reborn into a secret society ought to accomplish more in the first issue. This just reads like somebody’s conference room concept executed above the norm.

— Brendan McGinley

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Dec 1998

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W: Roger Micheff, David Wohl, Eric Oliver · A: Bing Cansino

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W: Roger Micheff, David Wohl, Eric Oliver · A: Bing Cansino

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