Idolized #3 Review

Aspen Comics proudly presents their first ever super-hero series, IDOLIZED!

Joule's been kicked out of the IDOLIZED competition!  As she desperately attempts to find a way back in-- if she does, will she be able to even survive the competition?  IDOLIZED kicks into high gear, as Joule faces off against the Top Ten finalists, the show's producers, and her own seething cauldron of emotions, all in order to keep her desperate quest for revenge alive!

Written and created by David Schwartz, with gorgeous art by Pasquale Qualano and David Curiel, and featuring a cover by Micah Gunnell, plus a photo cover starring supermodel Rachel Clark, you won't want to miss out on this innovative new series from Aspen Comics!

IDOLIZED #3 is in stores October 24th, 2012!

We're back to following Joule in her quest to become the very first winner of the Superhero Idol. The big wigs behind the show recently found some questionable photos involving the star of the book and choose to disqualify her from any further proceedings. One producer sticks up for her and realizes they can play the "reformed" card to the masses in the sense that people can redeem themselves from personal screw ups.

All the young contestants eventually get their super names and costumes and end up going through various different competitions to see who will be the last one left to claim the grand prize at the shows end. Not surprisingly, Joule ends up in the top three where she and two others must do battle against one another without  the ability of their powers.

This is another solid issue from David Schwartz. With the last issue I was very impressed with his ability to give Joule such an emotional position in this book even if the type of story isn't exactly what I pick up on a weekly basis. There was a bit of confusion as to why exactly those photos appeared to make Joule become disqualified. It didn't serve much purpose other than give a shock moment that she would no longer be on the show.

The art is very clean and vibrant which is such a perfect fit for the story that Schwartz is telling. Pasquale Quanolo knows exactly what to bring here as we deal with a cast of teens thrust into an American pop culture show that needs to be pleasing to the viewers eye.

The issue ends with a decent cliffhanger that makes you curious enough to come back and see what happens in the final competition, leaving it a bit open that Joule may not come out on top. Overall a very solid issue that retains it's sense of fun.