The day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls! Find out Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup’s next adventure in The Powerpuff Girls #1 by Dynamite Entertainment!
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS #1
Writer: Kelly Thompson
Artist: Paulina Ganucheau
Colorist: Paulina Ganucheau
Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry
Editor: Nate Cosby
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 17th, 2024
Previously in The Powerpuff Girls: Professor Utonium chose Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice to make the perfect little girl. But he accidentally added an extra ingredient… CHEMICAL X! Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born, fighting crime and the forces of evil in Townsville!
The Powerpuff Girls #1 starts with the trio in Kindergarten! They meet a robot called H.I.M., or the “Highly Intelligent Machine,” which supposedly is there to tell you your destiny by answering a questionnaire. After answering the questions, Blossom is meant to be a private investigator and has an adventure finding local town heroes Clues and Bupkiss. At the same time, Bubbles becomes a bunny for a day. Buttercup wrestles as a Luchador and wins her match. However, it doesn’t feel right to them because they are alone.
Suddenly, the trio reunites when Townsville is attacked by H.I.M., His Infernal Majesty. As they beat him, they learn that the robots were created to break the Powerpuff Girls up and that it wasn’t their true destiny. With that knowledge, the day is saved!
The Powerpuff Girls cartoon is a nostalgic hit for me. I often watched that and Dexter’s Laboratory, so I could hear the voice actors in my head as I read The Powerpuff Girls #1. The problem is that my daughter didn’t have the same nostalgia, so as I was reading it to her, she didn’t have a lot of interest. It felt like it was written more for me, a 30-year-old person, than my 6-year-old kid. This might be accentuated by the front cover saying “Rated Teen,” which doesn’t feel accurate. When I heard my kid’s review and lack of enthusiasm, I realized it was because the villain wasn’t introduced until the last third of the comic. The conflict wasn’t something my daughter could latch onto, and without a villain to point the finger at, she struggled to stay interested without knowing the characters’ personalities. Despite the excellent art style that felt familiar to the original show, it couldn’t grab my kid’s attention.
If you buy this book for a kid, introduce them to the original cartoon first. If I sat down and watched a couple of episodes on television, my daughter would have been all over Powerpuff Girls #1, especially since she is also about the same age as the main characters. So, to keep that in mind, I’ll give this comic 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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The Powerpuff Girls #1
Powerpuff Girls #1 is an excellent comic but may fail to capture new readers unfamiliar with the source material.
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Christopher Rondeau is a storyteller based in Tulsa, OK. Finding himself with little work, he ended up creating a job as a Game Master full time on the internet. Chris spends most of his days reading everything he can, writing bad fiction, and watching old Digimon cartoons with his daughter. Sometimes you can find him Dungeon Mastering a podcast or streaming on twitch. Recently, he has completed his Master's degree with a focus on collaborative storytelling. Find out more at https://rondeaucreator.com