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Generation Zero, Vol. 1: We are the Future

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Ready?Set?Riot! Years ago, the children of the experimental strike team known as GenerationZero were taken from their families by Project Rising Spirit, a private weapons contractor, and raised to be psychic soldiers. After years of taking orders, they have fought for and won their freedom. Now, the world's most wanted teenagers have pledged to protect each other tooth and claw, while using their extraordinary abilities to right wrongs for a generation without a future? To fight for kids, just like them. One of those kids is Keisha Sherman, whose boyfriend just turned up dead after a suspicious car crash in Rook, Michigan - a newly booming tech town that sprang from rags to superriches seemingly overnight. When Keisha makes a desperate plea into her webcam, the local high school suddenly finds itself with several unusual new students? But as word of Generation Zero's presence spreads rapidly through the halls, this volatile band of teenage upstarts is about to discover that they're far from the most extraordinary thing lurking behind Rook's stainless-steel facade? New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, Amazing Spider-Man) and blockbuster artist Francis Portela (FAITH) launch four highly specialized superhuman soldiers into their most dangerous mission yet: high school! Collecting GENERATION ZERO #1-5.

140 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 7, 2017

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Fred Van Lente

1,248 books280 followers
Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.

Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).

He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.

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Profile Image for Anne.
4,213 reviews69.9k followers
September 17, 2019
Generation Zero is sort of like a Valiant version of Runaways. Except, these kids are all mutants psiots. But they're on the run from adults in the world and they're trying to do some good along the way. Ish.
I'm not saying Valiant ripped off Runaways - I honestly don't know which came first - I'm just trying to give an example of what this team reminded me of.
By the way, these are the same kids that Bloodshot let loose from The Rising Spirit Project during the Harbinger Wars. Remember? They disappeared...Poof!
Ok, so they're back.

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Anyway. This purple-headed girl sends a message asking for help b/c her boyfriend was (she believes) killed for discovering something weird about her perfect town.
The Zeros docome (otherwise, we wouldn't have a story) and discover some kind of a Stepfordesque thing happening.

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I'm not convinced this is the coolest team ever, but then I'm also not a huge fan of all the X-men spinoffs, either. I'm going to read the 2nd volume because I have it and because as far as I can tell, that's also the end of this run.
Not the best team, but the story is kind of intriguing.
Profile Image for James DeSantis.
Author 17 books1,159 followers
June 3, 2018
Remember Generation Zero? NO? That's okay. Most people won't.

Still, this is a book can pick up regardless if read Harbinger or not. The Generation Zero are a bunch of teens/kids who were raised basically as weapons. Similar to Secret Weapons mini-series this series takes a more fun bunch of teens and they are like the "hidden" group who helps people. When Keisha, the main character, loses her boyfriend of odd events she asks for help. The Generation answer her call and we begin to see the cracks within the society around the town.

Good: The art is solid enough. I liked Keisha, she is probably my favorite character. Kind of just a normal girl trying to live her life, but won't let the evil people get away with their schemes. I also enjoyed the fights, colorful and easy to follow.

Bad: The storyline is simple, no big twist, and the characters are kind of one-dimensional. Nothing really sticks out and just feels very basic comic book superhero teen book taking on the big bad!

Overall a decent, fun read at times, but nothing special. A 2.5 out of 5, but I'll round it up to a 3 because of the art alone.
Profile Image for Ronyell.
975 reviews326 followers
December 30, 2016
Generation

I would like to thank NetGalley and Valiant Entertainment for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Introduction:

Now, as everyone knows, I am a huge “X-Men” fan and because of that, I always enjoyed reading stories that involve the main characters having a different array of powers and use those powers to save the world. So, when I picked up “Generation Zero: We Are the Future Volume One” from NetGalley, I was really excited to check this comic out and I was ultimately impressed with this comic!

What is this story about?

The story starts off with a young teenage girl named Keisha Sherman, who lives in the mysteriously futuristic town of Rook, Michigan. Her father is the sheriff of the town and she is considered an outsider at her school for being a gothic girl. One day however, Keisha ends up getting in a relationship with a boy named Stephen and just as their relationship hits an all-time high, Stephen is suddenly killed in a car accident. This event causes Keisha to try and find out what really happened to Stephen and she ends up trying to get help from a mysterious group of kids called “Generation Zero.” The Generation Zero kids ends up becoming students at Keisha’s school and it was then that Keisha starts to notice that the Generation Zero kids are not your average students as they seem to possess supernatural powers and they are also engaged in a war to fight for the rights of the kids that are just like them!

Can the Generation Zero kids help Keisha find Stephen’s murderer and what is really going on with the town of Rook?

Read this comic to find out!


What I loved about this story:

Fred Van Lente’s writing: Wow! I was seriously impressed with this comic book as even though I had read many comic books where the main characters have supernatural abilities that would help them defeat various villains, I had never read a comic book that features such characters, but also weaves in a story full of mystery and high school drama all into one graphic novel! I loved the way that Fred Van Lente was able to balance mystery and science fiction elements into the story as I was intrigued by the futuristic world that Rook is set in, while also enjoying the mystery aspect of the story as we try to find out what kind of secrets the town of Rook is hiding from its citizens. I also loved the way that Fred Van Lente wrote each character in this story, although to be honest, most of the characters are not fully developed yet, with the exception of Keisha due to her being the protagonist of the story. The fact that Generation Zero consists of kids who have super powers was really interesting to me as I wanted to know how these kids have powers in the first place and what kind of war they are fighting against.

Francis Portela’s artwork: Francis Portela’s artwork is simply gorgeous to look at as all the characters have a distinctive look that make them really stand out from each other, especially Keisha’s appearance as she is portrayed as having purple hair with one side of her head being shaved off and wears punk rock clothing that really brings out her gothic nature. I also loved how stylized the characters as they reminded me of characters that popped out of comic books from the 1990s and I really enjoyed the scenes where there is energy beams involved as the pages literally glow through the imagery of the energy beams.


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What made me feel uncomfortable about this story:

For readers who do not like suggestive content in graphic novels, there are some suggestive moments in this graphic novel such as teenagers drinking at a night party. This could be an issue for anyone who does not like seeing scenes of teenagers drinking at a party, although this is a pretty common theme in many high school and college stories.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “Generation Zero: We Are the Future Volume One” is a fantastic read, especially if you are a huge fan of “X-Men” and you love reading stories about characters that possess supernatural powers! I am definitely looking forward to reading the next volume in the near future!

Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog

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August 25, 2019
Keisha Sherman desperately wants to find out the truth about what happened to her boyfriend, Stephen. He supposedly got drunk and died in a car crash, but she knows he wasn't the kind of guy to do that - he didn't drink, do drugs, or smoke. Since her dad, the local Sheriff, won't listen and thinks she's just in denial, Keisha turns to the only people she can think of: Generation Zero. She makes a desperate plea for their help...and they answer.

This was another graphic novel I requested via ILL after finding out about it while doing some research for a grant proposal. It was a 2017 Virginia Library Association Diversity Award Honor Book.

I can't recall the last time I read a Valiant series. Honestly, looking through their list of titles, it's possible I've never read a Valiant series. I certainly haven't read any of the Harbringer comics, which are apparently related to the Generation Zero comics somehow.

Although I could definitely tell that there was some backstory I was unaware of (I didn't realize until after I'd read the whole graphic novel that the description on the back cover included some useful info for complete newbies to this world, like me), I think I was able to follow along pretty well. The members of Generation Zero had originally been taken from their families and trained as weapons. Each of them had of them had special powers of some sort, and each of them dealt with their trauma and having their childhoods stolen from them in different ways.

Cronus (I'm not sure about his powers), who appeared to be the team's leader, wanted to do good. Telic (could see a little into the future), meanwhile, wanted Cronus to embrace the fact that they'd been trained to be weapons. Animalia (could give herself other forms, although I think it wasn't so much shapeshifting as crafting an illusion over herself), one of the group's youngest members, just wanted a life that was nice and good. Cloud (telepath) was the group's gentlest and most positive member, despite constantly being exposed to humanity's collective consciousness. The Zygos twins (super smart?) didn't seem to particularly like humans in general. I didn't really get much of a feel for Gamete, a super fetus who got around by controlling the body of her comatose mother like some sort of creepy puppet.

I wasn't really a fan of the artwork. Facial expressions were a bit stiff, and the artist(s) sometimes had trouble drawing the characters consistently. The female Zygos twin, for example, usually looked almost exactly like her brother, only with longer hair and very slightly more defined lips. In some panels, however, she was inexplicably drawn with more stereotypically feminine features: much more prominent lips and thicker eyelashes. It was weird. I did think the switch to Archie comics-style artwork during the "questioning Adele" portion was really effective, though.

This volume just scratched the surface of whatever was going on in Keisha's hometown, which involved weird faceless Cornermen, technology that shouldn't exist yet, and Momoo energy shakes. The characters were relatively interesting, but I don't know whether I'll be continuing on with this. If I do continue on: Keisha's autistic (?) brother just flat-out disappeared near the end of the volume, so here's hoping the writer doesn't forget about him and actually answers the question of where he went in the next volume.

Extras:

Variant covers and a few examples of the artwork in progress (line art, and line art with some color applied but no shading).

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Profile Image for Richard.
1,017 reviews435 followers
May 30, 2019
The last time we saw this group of battle-hardened psiot kids was during the Armor Hunters crossover event, and since then they've been in hiding, helping persecuted teens from the shadows. And now they've shown up in the small town of Rook, Michigan, after high schooler Keisha Sherman reached out for help in getting to the bottom of her boyfriend's mysterious death. What they uncover is a deep conspiracy involving the entire town.

Keisha is a great new character and the kids' powers continue to be fun, but with writing by Fred van Lente (the stellar books Ivar, Timewalker and Archer and Armstrong), I expected so much more. There's nothing really bad about it, it's just unremarkable and forgettable.
Profile Image for Judah Radd.
1,098 reviews11 followers
August 6, 2021
Fun and clever. I liked it, although I haven’t fallen into a good reading rhythm yet. I have a feeling the second arc will be better. These characters are very engaging and well fleshed out. It was a good start to a series.
Profile Image for Travis Duke.
998 reviews13 followers
August 10, 2017
3 stars for a teen graphic novel but I'm really leaning towards 2 stars really. Its a familiar concept with a teen group of kids with powers helping out the less fortunate. The main characters aren't introduced very well and I dint find myself interested in them that much. The main character (no powers) Keisha was a bit annoying and I was not very invested in her problems. The writing is OK its surface level story building nothing to deep and the art is just OK. Not sure I will read more of Generation zero
Profile Image for Laura.
2,867 reviews81 followers
November 3, 2016
This volume, the one that Netgalley made available, is only the start of the series, but what a cool start.

There are kids that have been changed to have super powers, but they, the kids are in hiding. This is the near future. These kids, Generation Zero might be able to help, if anyone was able to contact them, which Keisha does.

To tell more, gives away most of the first few collected issues of this volume. The mystery is out there, and Keisha and Generation Zero kids are trying to solve it. But, of course, don't trust anyone else, especially the adults.

I'm sure this story has been done before, but this was well done, as far as it goes, and nice illustrations.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this available for an honest review.
Profile Image for Hannah.
682 reviews49 followers
October 3, 2017
***I received an ARC from Diamond Book Distributors via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.***

This is the first volume of Generation Zero, which I had never heard of before now. I'm so glad I did! What an interesting group!

Premise: Before he died, Keisha's boyfriend told her there was some kind of conspiracy happening in their futuristically-perfect project town. Now, convinced that his death was not an accident, Keisha contacts a teenage superhero group, Generation Zero, to help investigate his murder and the possible conspiracy.

You can tell right away that the authors and illustrators did some great world-building in Keisha's hometown. You have your typical groups in a school, but it's set within this greater framework with futuristic tech that makes sense and doesn't at the same time. At one point in this collection, the characters even explore a mostly perfect heroscape of the town from the cartoonish perspective of perfect Keys girl, Adele.

When Generation Zero shows up, there are a few references to their past, but nothing concrete except that they were primed and used as weapons during their childhoods. There is some allusion to experiments done on the kids, so it's unclear how many of their powers occur naturally, and these powers are all psionic in nature. But I have to admit that my favorite character is not one of the superheroes; it's Keisha's autistic little brother. He has so much potential, and I hope they use his character more in the next volume.

The illustrations were very well done in this one while staying true to expected superhero comic style. For some reason, the way each character held him/herself really stood out to me. It was realistic and represented each character's personality well. As I mentioned, I had never read about the Generation Zero group before, but I think their story started in the Harbingers comics, so I'll be picking that series up as well as the next one of these!
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758 reviews6 followers
August 3, 2017
I really enjoy the fact that this is a continuation of the story of the Psiots that were involved in the Harbinger War crossover. They all had such interesting powers. This book does a great job of bringing in a regular, spunky girl onto the team. It is very similar to the regular girl they had in the original Harbinger book. Valiant is still going strong. They just have to continually reinvent themselves, and develop new characters, or at least new versions of characters they introduced in the 90s.
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1,141 reviews2 followers
August 28, 2018
Story and artwork were good, but nothing special. I enjoyed it although it is probably intended for young adults. Less dark than some of the other Harbinger comics.
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4,042 reviews26 followers
February 19, 2017
'Generation Zero Vol. 1'by Fred Van Lente with art by Francis Portela was a good start to a series, but I feel like there is something that happened before this issue that I wasn't aware of.

Keisha Sherman lives in the town of Rook, which seems just a little too perfect, with her law enforcement father. When her boyfriend dies in a really suspicious car crash, she starts to learn that her town may be hiding some really strange secrets. The only people she can turn to are a strange group of heroes called Generation Zero. They are a strange group of kids with odd powers, and they start looking in to what is happening. She finds out that someone else seemed to have a crush on her boyfriend, and this turns into a strange trip into that person's psyche.

It feels familiar and yet a little different. The Generation Zero team seems a bit menacing and dangerous, but not to Keisha. I like that edge. I also liked the strange trip into Adele's mind and how it looked like an Archie comic. The art is really good in this book, and I like this start. My review copy didn't have all 5 issues that are in this volume, but I had enough to see that this wasn't too bad.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Profile Image for Greyson | Use Your Words.
538 reviews34 followers
June 1, 2018
Generation Zero Series Ratings:
Generation Zero, Volume 1: We Are the Future: ★★★★★
Awaiting Volume 2: Lost Interest in Series

This year I am doing Graphic Novel December.
My plan is it to read one GN for each day of the month. So 31 in total!
I'll keep a running total in the review of each GN as I read them to help me keep track and for anyone following to see where I am at as well!
GN #1: Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies ★★★★
GN #2: Wonder Woman, Volume 2: Year One ★★★★
GN #3: Wonder Woman, Volume 3: The Truth ★★★
GN #4: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal ★★★★
GN #5: Suicide Squad, Volume 1: The Black Vault
GN #6: Suicide Squad, Volume 2: Going Sane ★★★
GN #7: Generation Zero, Volume 1: We Are the Future ★★★★★


This was wonderfully diverse, funny, incredibly enjoyable and now I'm sad because no library in my state has the second volume!
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193 reviews31 followers
January 30, 2017
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*Digital review copy provided by NetGalley & the publisher in exchange for an honest review or rating.
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Log onto network #ZERO… because Generation Zero is listening...
Basically, it is a story of a girl Keisha who wants to unravel the mystery behind her boyfriend car crash that she believes to be a murder. She seeks for help online and tries to contact the children of the experimental strike team known as Generation Zero, those kids are using their extraordinary abilities to help and right wrongs for ones in need.
The premise of this comic sounds really cool to me. I enjoyed it way more than I expected.
Well, the beginning was a bit dragged, it felt more like a love teen drama than something supernatural and by the time things started happening the first volume was finished, but it did its job, I got hooked and I am definitely gonna wait for volume 2.
Also, I did very appreciate the visual art of this comic. It was done beautifully and it was something nice just to look at.
Recommended.
Profile Image for Ryan.
4,848 reviews28 followers
January 5, 2017
A new graphic novel series about a different kind of superhero. These are the superheroes of the future. No one knows who they are, or how to get in contact with them. You can only try, and hope that your case is one they will take on. When you read the blurb about this book, the “superheroes” are actually a military experiment that escaped. But nowhere in this volume is that mentioned. It doesn’t need to be, as I am sure that will come up in later issues, but it does make the book harder to follow. Right now they are solving the case of a murdered high school student. It has cool artwork and an interesting story. I want to continue the series.
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1,773 reviews55 followers
November 14, 2016
Generation Zero

I stumbled upon the Valiant Universe earlier this year and since then I have devoured various comics, familiarising myself with the different characters and the way they cross over and overlap different stories.

And I am having a whale of a time!

The art is excellent. The characters are rich. There are enough twists and turns and stories that keep me hooked, and there is drama, battles and grit!

And each comic has a really gripping pace. I really enjoy the fact that the Valiant universe isn't repetitive. Each character, and each series is refreshingly different.

So yes I am a fan.

This volume is the beginning of a new series which I came across on Netgalley. This is a sequel to the stories about Project Rising Spirit, and the children who managed to escape from there. Each child is a psiot with special powers and they have dedicated themselves to protecting each other and fighting for other young people.

This first volume sets itself up to be a great series.

Keisha Sherman lives in the town of Rook Michigan. The entire town is owned by a corporation and her father is the local sheriff. Keisha is a goth and very much on the fringes of school life. She takes care of her little brother and the house, goes to school and manages to stay under the radar.

This humdrum life changes when she meets Steve, who then becomes her good friend and then boyfriend. When Steve is killed in a road accident, Keisha knows there is more to this than meets the eye and she suspects Steve was actually murdered.

Keisha reaches out to Generation Zero, the psiot young people and children who are rumoured to have special powers, and when they respond to her request for help, Keisha is drawn into their mystery and special powers as she joins them to find out what really happened to Steve.

This was great! A really good story, great art, rich characters set in an established Valiant Universe. This is book one in this new series and I am looking forward to seeing where the story goes.

Definitely a Valiant series that I will be following.

Copy provided by Diamond Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
Profile Image for Chris Lemmerman.
Author 7 books102 followers
September 22, 2018
Freed from the influence of Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation, Generation Zero have struck out on their own, aiding those in need, should they deem them worthy. When Keisha Sherman invites them to her idyllic town to solve the mystery of her boyfriend's death, she and Gen Zero stumble upon a plot even bigger than they'd imagined that will test them all to their limit.

Generation Zero is an odd duck. The 'heroes' of the book are...dicks, to put it nicely. They have good reason, since all the world has done is kick them since they were born, but it's still weird to try and root for characters that are basically horrible to everyone. It's a lot easier to identify with Keisha, which I expect is the reason she's part of the story at all, to be honest.

The plot itself is fairly straight forward - mind control, big corporations, all is not as it seems, etc., so it's simple enough to stick with, but Keisha's plight is enough to keep you going, as is her home life with her father and autistic brother. She's easily the heart and soul of this story, as well as the driving force.

Most of Gen Zero are a bit flat, to be honest. Cronus is angry, Tellic is angry, Cloud and Gamete are daft, and the Zygote Twins are creepy. The only character who really seems to evolve is Animalia (and Tellic, right at the end, I suppose), which again makes it a bit difficult to focus on them. The mystery around them pervades the first few issues, so that doesn't really help, but I'm guessing things are going to open up a bit in the second volume.

Francis Portela draws most of these issues, and he's a good artist for the most part - his glassy eyed characters become a bit of problem when the action and emotions run high though, with some characters who are meant to be angry looking psychotic instead. There are also some sequences by Derek Charm, whose Archie-esque style suits the mindscape of the characters oddly well.

Generation Zero's a hard book to recommend. There are a few good additions, but the title characters' distance makes them a hard sell. I'll see this through to the end, but I can see why this only lasted 9 issues.
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1,722 reviews24 followers
January 15, 2022
Van Lente's run on Harbinger was the series that convinced me to do a deep dive on Valiant's titles. It was mostly great. I enjoy the way he writes dialogue, and his stories seem to unfold more nautrally than many of the other authors working within this universe. So I was disappointed when I realized the relaunch of Harbinger was written by Rafer Roberts. (It turned out okay, his Harbinger relaunch is much better than his run on A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong, Volume 1: In the Bag.)

I was thrilled to see that, while he may not be working on Harbinger, Van Lente was continuing his story with a focus on Generation Zero.

This is a new-reader friendly story that introduces us to the city of Rook (Detroitish) and a young woman who's not a psiot but who contacts Generation Zero for help when her boyfriend dies.

What follows is a fun action story full of reveals and twists. It's both one of the most accessible hero stories from this 2019ish era of Valiant, and the most unexpected. I would actually recommend starting with this book, and then going to check out the books that will eventually intersect with it (A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong, Volume 1: In the Bag, Faith, Volume 1: Hollywood & Vine, and Harbinger Renegade, Vol. 1: The Judgment of Solomon).
Profile Image for Rob McMonigal.
Author 1 book33 followers
February 10, 2019
A group of teens who were used by Project Rising Spirit are on their own now, and want to help kids that need it. They come to a town that's too good to be true, and find a conspiracy that has implications for the wider world. But given their youth and inexperience, are they up for the challenge?

I got lost in the Valiant world awhile back and haven't caught up. But when I see Fred Van Lente on a book, I'm always interested. He always does fun, strange things (in this case, the Corner Men, who talk in gibberish) and he's good with quips and balancing humor with serious work. I'm impressed with his ability to make these kids feel like kids, but also be carrying around the weight of tremendous powers. I'm a little iffier on the larger Valiant world at this point, as it seems like just about every heroic character is on the run, but that's a different story.

The line art here is very good, keeping the action clean and clear. The characters are varied and distinctive, and we get a good look at their power sets. The futuristic tech is a little less on point, but overall, I liked this, putting it above some of the other Valiant books, which get a bit muddled. I really liked the coloring by Andrew Dalhouse. Unlike other Valiant books, it was bright and clear. That helped Francis Portela's linework immensely.

I'm not sure if you need to be tied into Valiant to read this or not, but I liked it. Definitely a book to check out of if you're a Van Lente fan.
675 reviews30 followers
November 25, 2017
Whatever indefinable "it" it takes to write good superhero comics, Fred Van Lente is about the only person who has it. This is just freaky enough to be interesting, just topical enough to be cool, and just similar enough to how teenagers really talk to make me wonder why Van Lente "gets it." It occupies, by design, exactly the place that the X-Men once did, cross-bred with a generous helping of the Invisibles, and if Valiant sticks around long enough, this is a decent flagship for the enterprise.

I don't have the feeling of "Why am I reading this and why did anyone write it?" that I usually get with superhero stuff. This is clearly exactly what superheroes are for; making young nerds feel better about growing up.

The art was competent and even occasionally good. I don't care for the house style that Valiant is developing, but it works better here than most places. They do a good job in keeping the point of view consistent, excellent job with quick background textures, fairly good at getting the hyperstylized characters to interact with the completely procedural backgrounds, and they switch styles well when it's needed.

All in all, this is the best new Valiant book I've read yet, and since I'm planning to read them all, I really hope there are some more that are this good.
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433 reviews1 follower
November 6, 2016
This was a great start to what looks to be a really exciting series.

We follow Keisha, who believes that her boyfriend- who died after crashing his car into a tree - may have been murdered. She contacts a group to help investigate and after receiving a message sent by Stephen prior to his death, is further convinced hat there has been some foul play.

The storyline was engaging and relatable to its audience, with realistic dialogue, a classic art style and a diverse mix of characters; making it different to others within the genre. I'm looking forward to seeing how the series progresses and would not hesitate to recommend it to those looking for some YA SciFi or just something a little offbeat.

Thanks to Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors, who made this available in exchange for an honest review.
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Author 1 book19 followers
May 28, 2017
Interesting concept and characters, but I didn't feel emotionally invested in any of them. The Cornermen were neat, but the 'heroes' weren't that great. It was actually the twins that interested me the most, the rest were kind of headstrong and unrelatable.
The art was really neat, and the different art style for when they go inside someone's head and view things how they do was really interesting, especially since it seemed to be a bit of a throwback to Archie.
The plot had enough to keep it going, and the little hook on the end is enough to continue reading to the next volume to know what's happening, but I would say more out of curiosity than any real need or desire to read on.
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June 13, 2020
Generation Zero is sort of like Runaways in the Valiant universe. It spins out of Harbinger, featuring young psiots who escaped Project Rising Spirit fighting the good fight on their own. If I read this around the time I read Harbinger (or Runaways for that matter) I would’ve thought it was pretty good. I’m less impressed now. There’s nothing flat out bad here, but the story is unoriginal and unmemorable. Derek Charm issue notwithstanding, I’m not a fan of the super computerized art in most modern Valiant books. Certain readers will definitely like this but these teen team books just don’t do it for me anymore.
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1,152 reviews23 followers
April 11, 2018
Okay...

Generation Zero vol.1 starts out surprisingly light on the members of Generation Zero. Setting up the backstory for the mysterious death of a teenager, the actual members of Generation Zero hardly appear in the first two issues. When they do show up, the story really takes a little bit to warm up. The art is cool and interesting, even as it takes a little old school Archie comic jaunt through one issue. The beginning is slow but the end is good.
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1,116 reviews15 followers
August 18, 2018
Loved this book. The pacing is excellent. I really want to know what is next.
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