Mental Covers: Joining The Team.

As evil begins to strike in stronger force, Mental is forced to join the only superhero team around, The Team!

This is just a basic idea back from what I know as the Second Stage of Mental. Back then there was a team called The Team (appropriately enough). They were comprised of 'Soda Mutants,' people who had been mutated thanks to a special chemical added into soda by Captain Mental's arch enemy, Dr. Mask (Nowadays, Mental dosn't really have an arch enemy). They formed a team, and after a while of serving as allies, Mental finally became a member.

The Team was comprised of...

Sparkplug: Teenager who can turn his body into a bolt of lightning.

Soundwave: Egotistical teenager who can change the sound of his voice.

Dr. Stone: Skilled surgeon mutated into a large rock monster.

Stabenslash: School teacher with Wolverine style abilities.

Spiderette: Sarcastic and angry girl who has spider powers.

Mystic: Psychic sarcastic, dry and droll teenager mutated into a floating blob.

Miya the Ogress: Unofficial member. A large green girl with enormous eating habits.

Awesome Covers: Gemini #1.

Welcome again to Awesome Covers. Okay, I know that the last one I did was Awesome Covers, but I felt like doing another one.

This is the cover to Gemini #1, an Image Mini-Series taking place in the same universe as Dynamo 5. Both were created by Jay Faerber (spelling?). The cover is great because not only is it drawn well and display a cool looking hero, look at all the villains. This pays off with a pretty cool fight scene later on, and I love how these all look like they could be real super villains with different backstories and so forth. Except the devil (Hex) that just seems random. Also it shows off the heroes personality in that he's covered in really powerful dudes who want to kill him, and he's just laughing it off. I instantly wanted to pick up the book.

The story itself? Pretty good. Gemini is 'controlled' by a secret organisation called The Constellation, who regularly transform a regular guy named Dan into a superhero to fight evil without him knowing. A new guy comes in on his team (yes, each superhero has a pit crew) and helps deal with a routine assignment: Save two superheroes from a horde of villains in a junkyard (pictured). This scene was well drawn and arguably amongst my favorites. I won't ruin the end, but it's surprising. I might ruin it for you later, but for now I'll give you time to buy the book. The final issue of the series is due to come out soon, but it hasn't been released regularly, so it's kind of irritating.

This is also probably the best cover in the series, the second one if pretty good, but fails epicly compared to this one.



One more thing! In case your wondering, Gemini's powers are enhanced healing, agility and strength. The fight is still good despite being limited to these.