Dynamo 5

Those of you who have stopped by here before or have ever picked up a copy of Digital Webbing Presents knows my good friend Mahmud Asrar. He's not only the artist for my character The Last Paladin but he's also done several other stories for DWP as well as a score of books in his native Turkey.

Well now Mahmud's got a hit book over at Image Comics. Dynamo 5 is written by Jay Farber and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar. It's about the five illegitimate offspring of a Superman like hero who has been killed. With his death, his widow is able to seek out these children, each with one of his five amazing powers, and form a team to pick up her late husbands slack.

It's really tough for me to review a book like this because I'm so biased. Mahmud's art is as fantastic as ever. He's doing what he loves to do and it shows in the pages. The story is quick and quirky with moments of drama and suspense thrown in for good measure. The end of issue #1 is a cool surprise.

Right now it's tough to find these issues. Complete sets of the first three issues sell for about $25 on eBay. Single issues have sold for $10. Double check your local comic shop's back stock before trying to outbid someone or you can do what a lot of people do these days and wait for the trade paperback. Either way, it's worth the buy.