Writers: Curt Pires & Rockwell White
Artist: Alex Diotto
Colorist: Dee Cunniffe
Letterer & Production Design: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Logo: Fenando Rosales
Production: Erika Schnatz
Cover Artists: Alex Diotto & Dee Cunniffe
Publisher: Image
Price: $16.99
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Alexei thinks like an MIT professor. He perceives things others don't. And the boy dreams of his previous life on Mars. As Alexei boards a plane with his mother, he glances into a fellow passenger's mind. His whispered warning prompts his mother to warn an air marshal. But amid the confrontation, the terrorist activates his explosives. How will this tragedy change our world? And how will it signal the rise of talented young people like Alexei? Let’s leap into Indigo Children TP Vol 1 and see!
Story
Alexei didn't die in the explosion. Years later, a British reporter tries to find him. A tip from a mysterious source directs Donovan Price to Russia. But after leaving the airport, people follow him. And when they decide Donovan is getting too close, an assassin strikes. But Donovan knows the dangerous path he treads. He has cultivated friendships in other countries to protect him. In Russia, that man is Nikki. With his help, perhaps Donovan can find Alexei.
Curt Pires and Rockwell White take readers on a hunt to find Alexei and other gifted individuals. In Indigo Children TP Vol 1, these young adults share Alexei's dream. When they unite, they remember their time together. But reuniting is not without risk.
An organization observes each of these talented young adults. It has invested significant resources in helping them forget their time together on Earth and their previous lives on Mars. As Donovan and Nikki help Alexei reunite with his friends, another young man with otherworldly powers serves this organization. Like Alexei, he awaits the opportunity to find the Indigo Children.
Art
The Gherkin rises in the starry sky as Donovan Price works in his apartment. Cyrillic letters accompany a familiar symbol adorning a restaurant. A military truck trundles toward the security gate to a cluster of buildings that is not a town. From Chicago's skyscrapers to a crowded palace and Kabul's chaotic streets, Alex Diotto sends readers on a world tour in Indigo Children TP Vol 1.
Orange and pink fight for dominance as vehicles fly through the Martian sky. As people funnel along curved elevated walkways, several red-robed figures gather on a rooftop. After an eventful discussion, one levitates into the red sky. Orange and yellow fire destroy the blue domes. Such visions remind the Indigo Children of their distant past, while one of levitating toward the Sphinx feels more recent.
While Alex Diotto lavishes two planets' worth of information on panel-packed pages, Dee Cunniffe's colors imbue the relatable characters with depth and reality in Indigo Children TP Vol 1. The limited palette dazzles as the characters display their abilities. Yet skin tones and backgrounds ground you amid such otherworldly events.
Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou fills white and colored dialogue balloons with uppercase letters. Shrunen lowercase letters reveal lowered voices, while bold letters indicate intonation. As raised voices enlarge words, emotions change the font and balloon shapes. The characters’ eyes glow as they think purple words in lavender clouds or project telepathic white letters into transparent purple shapes. Sound effects enhance characters defying their captors and daring rescues. And then there's Nikki, cracking his knuckles before giving bullies a taste of their own medicine. Thanks to Image Comics for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
Some Indigo Children enjoy a life of ease and comfort. Others live as exiles and fear for their lives. One young man can ignite their latent memories and talents. Indigo Children TP Vol 1 is a fast-paced story that reminds readers we are capable of more than we imagine.
Rating 9.6/10
For covers from the original series run, see my review on Comic Book Dispatch.
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