Capes Volume 1 TPB

Continuing to meet my son's "Kirkmanina" decree, I picked up the "Capes" TPB. "Capes" follows the story of Capes, Inc. a hero-for-hire type company. Robert Kirkman was going for funny in this series and the comedy seems forced at times. You can tell that this is early work from Kirkman. While Kirkman was already putting out "Invincible" and "Tech Jacket", "Capes" is not up to even the lesser "Tech Jacket"'s standard. The story is pretty light and fun with some interesting Kirkman-twists along the way. It does have some funny moments and I liked Bolt and some of the players, but the concept didn't seem like enough to support an ongoing series. I think this team serves as a good backup to any of the Kirkaverse titles out there.