I'll be the first to admit that Bratpack is flawed. What sets out to be an examination of the superhero/sidekick superhero sub-genre ends up being a cliché-ridden example in the worst of people.

The characters are specific examples of what some think superheroes would be: The gay man, the vigilante, the druggie, the feminist. The villain, perhaps my favorite character, is very evil, but has a purpose. (And every villain must have a purpose for them to be really evil.)

But this story is still interesting and very warped. It does make you look at the superhero mythos in a different way. A more skewed way, albeit. It's not your fathers Batman/X-Men story.

Bratpack at Amazon

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This article was written by david and published on
July 3, 2007 at 6:43pm.
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• comics
• graphic novels
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