Homecoming #2 Review

After the dramatic events of the thrilling debut issue, the kids try to return to their normal lives but the changes to their bodies are making things difficult to say the least. Meanwhile, Hunter and Jay Anne agree to try to go on a date, but when she loses control of her newfound abilities in public, things quickly get out of hand. Paul returns to his family but has difficulty keeping his “changes” from his parents. And Celeste experiences some disturbing memories about her mother, that could become a dark foreshadow of events to come!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to High School...Aspen Comics proudly presents an all-new series created by Michael Turner, Scott Lobdell and David Wohl. HOMECOMING!

HOMECOMING #2 is in stores October 3rd, 2012!

Homecoming has a great combination of elements to make this a really fun book to read once the wheels get turning. The story follows a young teen named Jay Anne and her realization that what she thought was a dream turns out to be an actuality. She finds tentacles extending out from her shirt, forming from her back while dealing with hiding the secret from her family. Luckily she isn't the only one to experience these weird differences and gets to bond with a few other kids at her school that have faint memories of being experimented on.

This issue spends a good bit of time with Jay Anne, her family life, and her discussion with the other teens as they all try to figure out what happened the night before. David Wohl gives a good sense of her alienation (had to use it) with these changes of her body on what seems to be of some alien decent. The mystery is if the kids were originally like this with dormant alien features or did they become implanted with such strange characteristics of another life form.

I don't think another artist could've worked so well on this story like Emilio Laiso has. His lines an scenes are very defined and smoothe with none of the scratchy, brooding pencils that you might generally find with a tale of aliens and the unkown. It really feels like it could be turned over into an animated feature or Saturday morning cartoon for an older audience.

As the mystery unfolds with a deeper look into the story, I believe this book will have a lot of fun moments to keep readers coming back. This creative team works like a hand in a glove together and it easily shows that they enjoy bringing this story to life.