Livewire Volume 1: Fugitive - Softcover

KIRKUS -- Move over Marvel, there are new superheroes on the graphic-novel stands. In this thought-provoking comic series, readers meet Amanda McKee, aka Livewire, a black former government agent whose powers enable her to manipulate technology. Amanda and her fellow psiots are now on the run from U.S. officials who want to control their powers and who fear their influence. Amanda is currently public enemy No. 1 after causing a blackout that resulted in mass casualties. While evading agents out for blood, she struggles to reunite with her psiot friends who feel betrayed by her actions. The narrative begins in media res, and Ayala (Twisted Romance, 2018, etc.) and artists Allén and Martin do a credible job of creating a world that feels realistic and visually fantastical while also orienting readers within the story. Amanda's trio of friends are a multiethnic bunch (East Asian, Sikh, and white), and through their dialogue, readers confront uneasy truths about superheroes that other, more fantasy-based, characters are able to avoid. As much as superpowered beings are revered, on some level we fear and resent them for reminding us of our own powerlessness, a tension explored here. Given how technologically dependent society has become, few superheroes can feel more timely-or more threatening-than these. (Graphic novel. 13-18)

For the first time, Livewire takes center stage!

Accomplice. Mentor. Savior. And now, Enemy of the State. Seeking to protect other vulnerable super-powered psiots like herself, Livewire plunged the United States into a nationwide blackout with her technopathic abilities, causing untold devastation. After choosing the few over the many, she must now outrun the government she served – and those she once called allies. With the whole world hunting her, what kind of hero will Livewire be...or will she be one at all?

Start reading here with the stunning new ongoing series from rising star Vita Ayala (Supergirl, Submerged) and fan-favorite artists Raúl Allén (WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR) and Patricia Martín (SECRET WEAPONS) as they stand poised to launch the Valiant Universe into a new age of champions!

Collecting LIVEWIRE #1–4.