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Written by: Bryan Edward Hill
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Art by: Khary Randolph, Alitha Martinez, Norm Rapmund, Ray Anthony Height, Studio Skye Tiger
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Colors by: Emilio Lopez, Alex Guiemaraes
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Letters by: AndWorld Design
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Cover art by: Edwin Galmon (cover A)
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Cover price: $5.99
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Release date:
The Power Company: Recharged #1, by DC Comics on 4/30/25, puts out a “signal” to Jace Fox to help solve the murder of a family in Atlanta.
Is The Power Company: Recharged #1 Good?
Plot Synopsis
The Power Company: Recharged #1 begins with a young boy and his family murdered by a well-armed, highly-trained killer in their Atlanta home. Later, Jace Fox breaks up Marionette’s latest attempt to assemble a zombie army. When the mind-controlling villain is behind bars, Signal calls, asking for Jace to come to Atlanta to help solve the case.
When Jace arrives, he meets Jeremiah Power, the benefactor of the team. Jace has no interest in a funded team, so he pursues the murderer on his own. He visits the scene of the crime and crafts a miraculously detailed profile of the crime. Suddenly, the house explodes when the killer detonates an explosive remotely from across the street.
Somehow, the Power Company believes the killing is the work of an anti-metahuman group called the Sons of Liberty. Signal and Vixen track the next potential victim through the last call made by the murdered boy, who we later learn was a metahuman. A journalist named Aki is attacked by the Sons of Liberty, but Signal and Vixen save her. Aki later explains she was contacted by someone calling themselves Agent Liberty, who acted as a supporter of metahumans. In fact, Agent Liberty is the killer.
The issue ends with Jace tracking Agent Liberty to his lair and doing what he does best.
First Impressions
How’s the Art?
What’s great about The Power Company: Recharged #1?
With a better script and better art, a team-up of C-Tier heroes in Atlanta has potential. Gotham City and Metropolis get way too much attention, so a “diverse” team in an underutilized setting could be a worthy addition to DC’s lineup.
What’s not great about The Power Company: Recharged #1?
The story is a mess because nothing is connected or explained, and the characters’ voices are way off. Bryan Edward Hill has Jace Fox doing a cheap impersonation of Batman’s brooding loner persona. You don’t find out that the family killed in the beginning was targeted because their son was a metahuman until much later. Signal doesn’t tell Jace he was invited to Atlanta to be part of a team, and it’s unclear why Signal needed Jace’s help to solve a murder in the first place.
In short, the story reads as if it was written and drawn in a rush just to get it out the door, which puts its value well below the ridiculously chosen $5.99 cover price.
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Final Thoughts
The Power Company: Recharged #1 is a mess of a comic. Bryan Edward Hill’s script concocts a clunky murder mystery to bring a group of C-List characters together, and it’s as rushed and unsatisfying as you could imagine. Plus, the gaggle of artists pulled together to complete the issue don’t complement each other. This comic isn’t worth your time, and it certainly isn’t worth the bloated cover price.
3/10
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