Hero Street

(HeroStreet, 2006)
™ and © 2006 Rob Jones

When billionaire inventor Oliver Steel gathers his own super-hero team—to protect the world, not just to make himself look good—government agent Nick Sharp gets the thankless job of keeping tabs on them. Unfortunately, the mostly inept heroes barely know each other’s names, let alone each other’s powers, and can’t seem to stop bickering long enough to learn a little teamwork, generally leaving Nick to secretly save the day.

The first issue’s cover blurb claims it’s “funnier than it looks.” Since it’s just a close-up of a gun-wielding Nick Sharp kicking in a door, that’s not necessarily a hard claim to prove. However, an opening sequence showing a seemingly invulnerable muscle-bound goon taken down by a shot to the family jewels , well, that is pretty funny! Unfortunately, the rest of the story’s humor tends to fall short of the advertised expectations.

— Joseph Self

From the Comic Buyer’s Guide:

This is another comic book in which super-heroes are common; they live in a neighborhood called Hero Street. The issue is difficult to read and the lighthearted visual gags are hard to make out. Artist Federico Zumel needs to cut back on the crosshatching. This is a super-hero comic and needs to be in color, plain and simple. How does it make “fantastic” characters seem fantastic by creating an entire street where dozens of them live?

A team of super-heroes is called to take down a super-powered fugitive. For some reason, a regular cop is able to capture this guy in the beginning, but later they need the team for some reason. It’s not clear why the super-powered fugitive gave up. After being in jail a short time, he just smashes through the wall to get out.

The whole concept of a street full of super-heroes is reminiscent of that scene from The Tick in which there are so many super-heroes in New York City they can only fight crime for 15 minutes at a specific block before they have to go home to give the area to the next crime-fighting team. It’s ridiculous. If Hero Street wants to do comedy (this issue is called “Groaners”), The Tick set the bar.

— Tony DiGerolamo

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Artist

#1

November, 2006
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $1.70

Eric T. Miller

Frederico Zumel