Jacked Vol. 1

by Eric Kripke, John Higgins

Overview

Eric Kripke (creator of the hit TV series SUPERNATURAL) teams up with Vertigo veterans John Higgins (HELLBLAZER) and Glenn Fabry (PREACHER) to bring you a very Vertigo take on the modern superhero in this new graphic novel thriller. Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family man mid-midlife crisis, purchase a "smart pill" to increase his focus and jolt him out of his slump. But to Josh's surprise, the pill gives him incredible strength and power-at the cost of being extremely addictive. This irreverent and brutally realistic story examines both the mighty highs and humiliating lows of being a real-life superhero. Collects JACKED #1-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401269487
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	06/07/2016
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
File size:	87 MB
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About the Author

Eric Kripke is a television writer, director, and producer. He is the creator the hit TV series SUPERNATURAL and, more recently, the NBC series REVOLUTION. Jacked, from Vertigo/DC Comics, is his first comic book series.

Editorial Reviews

12/05/2016
Supernatural creator Kripke teams up with Hellblazer artist Higgins for this halfhearted superhero deconstruction tale. Josh Jaffe, unemployed husband and father of two, is rapidly descending into a full-on midlife crisis: his body is falling apart, his lovemaking is lackluster at best, and he’s losing the respect of his children (and himself). Gifted superpowers by a suspicious nootropic drug he bought online, Josh gets suddenly and unexpectedly in over his head when he punches his wife-beating neighbor—who happens to be a major drug dealer—into a coma. In order to save his family from the fallout, Josh must power through his self-loathing to become a real hero. Kripke tries to redefine what that concept means, but any lofty goals this script may have had are lost in its “mature,” hyperviolent masculinity and insinuations that femininity can only be powerful after repeated trauma. Higgins’s art does well with the action, but his faces often stray toward the uncanny valley. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"JACKED is fantastic, Crub-esque window into a greasy reality...it's also funn as #@*%." -Chris Hardwick, Nerdist

"JACKED is excellent. It plays its hero's journey out through the most accessible fabic of reality I've seen in a long time." -Ben Edlunch, Writer of Tv's Gotham and creator of The Tick 

"Both refined and grimy in equal measure." -IGN 

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