Some thoughts about Naomi #1

What is Naomi's secret?

Everyone wants to be like Superman, especially those who feel like they have a connection to him and an  adopted girl might have more in common with him than anyone expected.

The Wonder Comics line continues. We already saw the beginning of this new brand handled by Brian Bendis with Young Justice which sadly didn't have the most interesting beginning because it was banking itself in nostalgia instead of offering actual substance and content. Naomi is a bit different but not nessarily better.

As we all should know, this series is about a brand new character created by Bendis which apparently follows the idea of how normal people see superheroes and this premise is emphasized during many segments which to be honest, gets a bit heavyhanded and doesn't progress the plot much. The main focus is the protagonist and her connection to Superman, this particular plot-point hasn't been fully revealed yet and I guess I should have expected this from Bendis considering how Young Justice started but it would have been a welcomed change if it was. Naomi's background seems interesting at the very least.

Another issue that you can instantly notice is that this book is as Bendis as you can get and this pretty obvious because of the dialogue. The "Bendis dialogue" is impossible to avoid with multiple balloons jumping from one another trying to convey the sense of a "natural conversation" but never really managing that and getting obnoxious quite quickly. I was hoping that Bendis would at least try to make his young character sound less annoying than what he usually writes but that's sadly not the case and I don't even know how much David Walker contributed here since, while his dialogue is not the best either, this certainly doesn't seem like one of his books.

Jamal Campbell's artwork is amazing though, with beautiful characters, scenarios and storytelling that gives the title a really unique style.

Aside from that, I don't think this is really promising but I guess some people will find the set-up (and this is all it was, a set-up) intriguing enough.