[Review] Supreme Power Volume 1: Contact

So, several weeks back, when I was massively bored, I randomly picked up volume one of a comic series titled, Supreme Power.

I ended up not reading it, because, to be frank, the blatant re-use of a piece of art from Rising Stars for the volume one cover bugged me. (Oh yes, I see what you did there, Marvel.) I loved Rising Stars, and I think Straczynski can whip up a good mini-series when the company gives him the reigns to do so.

SUPREME POWER VOL. 1: CONTACT
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artists: Gary Frank, Jon Sibal
Publisher: Marvel/Max Comics

I started reading Supreme Power last night.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's going on my list of realistic executions of the superhero concept. Right next to Rising Stars and Kick-Ass.
Series evidently finishes out at 3 trade paperbacks plus three TPBs focusing on Nighthawk, Hyperion and a pre-war one. I plan to pick up the other two main-continuity volumes, but not the offshoots. I remember Rising Stars, the offshoots lost the edge and focus the main story had. They were clearly add-ons just digging for more money, and they detracted rather than adding to the story. I expect this will be the same. Straczynski writes a good beginning-middle-end story, his add-ons tend to be very clearly slapped on after the fact.

Gary Frank's art isn't anything to write home about. Not eye-bleedingly bad, but not an artist I'd go looking for later. (Francis Manapul is an artist I actually searched out his DA page after he started drawing Legion of SuperHeroes. I like his style.) Kinda boring to me. The way he draws eyes are kind of off-putting. Everybody looks a little crazy showing that much white all the time.

Be forewarned that this is a Marvel Max title, meaning it's intended for adults, not kids.

About the basic story:
( Spoilers below the cut. )