Author: Jennifer Muro & Thomas Krajewski
Artists: Gretel Lusky
Series/Standalone: Primer Series
Genre: Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Superhero
Pages: 159
Publisher: DC Comics
Year Published: 2020
Format: Paperback (Library Copy)
"Primer introduces a brand-new superhero with a colorful array of superpowers to explore.
Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. her father is a known criminal who once used Ashley to help him elude justice, and in his attempt to escape, a life was taken. he now sits in federal prison, but still casts a shadow of Ashley's life. In the meantime, Ashley has bounced from foster home to foster home and represents a real challenge to the social workers who try to help her- not because she's inherently bad, but because trouble always seems to find her.
Ashley's latest set of presumably short-term foster parents are Kitch and Yuka Nolan. Like Ashley, Kitch happens to be an artist. Yuko, on the other hand, is a geneticist working for a very high-level tech company, one that's contracted out to work for the government and the military. And it's Yuka's latest top secret project that has her very concerned. Developed for the military, it's a set of body paints that, when applied to the wearer, grant them a wide range of special powers. Fearful that this invention will be misused, Yuka sneaks the paints home, substituting a dummy suitcase with an ordinary set of paints in their place.
From here, signals get crossed. Ashley comes home from school one day with her new friend Luke, and thinking that the Nolans have purchased a surprise gift for her upcoming birthday, finds the set of paints. Being an artist, Ashley naturally assumes these are for her. It isn't long before she realizes that she's stumbled upon something much bigger and a lot more dangerous. Although she uses her newly discovered powers for good, it's not before the military become wise to what happened to their secret weapon. And this spells big trouble not only for Ashley, but her newfound family and friends as well."
My Rating: 4/5
This is such a sweet middle grade story. Not only does it have a girl who is going through some difficult life stuff at a young age, it shows her making friends and taking power into her own hands. The story itself is fun and heartwarming, the art is perfect and I would strongly recommend to middle schoolers.
Thanks for reading,
Sidny
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