REVIEW: End of Month Reviews #84 - December 2010 [spoilers]

[James Mason]

On Jan 31, 2:15 pm, Saxon Brenton <saxonbren... at hotmail.com> wrote:
> [REVIEW] End of Month Reviews #84 - December 2010 [spoilers]  
>
> One Day at a Time #1-6
> A Miscellaneous [Misc] series
> by James Mason
>
>      After thinking about this series for a while I've reached the
> conclusion that the description I'm looking for isn't quite 'slapstick'
> (although goodness knows there's a lot of physical humour here) but
> 'burlesque'.  A large measure of the humour comes from the incongruity
> and exaggeration of an ordinary schlub, Bill (aka Mike, the Kittyman)
> at various times either not keeping up with the superheroic role that
> been dumped on him, or being very good at it for all the wrong reasons.
> And then, when he seems to have a hang of things, meeting someone like
> the even-less-sane-than-normal Alexander, who incidentally demonstrates
> that Mike's personal kryptonite is being petted.
>      The story starts when Bill's organs explode/drop out, he doesn't
> die, and instead a mysterious disembodied voice offers him help in putting
> them back.  After accepting he gets reintegrated, but is also given
> superpowers as a strong and invulnerable humanoid cat man, and thereafter
> gets called upon by the voice to fight crime.  Eventually Bill's flatmate
> John  reveals that he was also given powers by the voice (and became a
> mage).  Possibly Alexander gained her powers from the same source.

Interesting review also you guys will learn soon that Bill is not so
invincible.