Faith and the Future Force #2

   Time travel stories can be very powerful - and very dicey to manage.

   It's at the heart of the story unfolding in Faith and the Future Force,  as a mysterious, seeming indestructible robot threatens to  damage space and time itself, so the time-traveling Neela Timewalker (no Doctor Who references, please) recruits Faith to destroy the mechanism.

   But last issue, that plan didn't exactly work out - so they're going to try again this time around, only with more firepower.

   It's a classic time-travel adventure theme to repeat the same story over and over, with minor changes, trying to find the path to victory, and it's a theme put to good use here as the danger continues to escalate.

   As with all such stories, it doesn't pay to think too hard about the proceedings (lest the whole story unravel), but so far it's building nicely into a big (but self-contained) event - and it's a lot of fun, too!

Grade: A-

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Faith and the Future Force #1

   The flying female known as Faith keeps getting recruited to join super-hero teams - but it usually doesn't work out.

   Perhaps her luck will change with the Future Force - but I wouldn't count on it.

   She's at work in her "civilian" job and keeping a low profile because her superhero identity has been framed for murder. (Don't you hate it when that happens?)

   She's confronted by a mysterious woman wearing high-tech armor - so of course Faith happily goes off with her on a mission.

   As you might expect from a team named Future Force, there's time-travel involved, and a deadly menace from the past.

   Equal parts action and humor (with some science fiction thrown in for good measure), this series is off to a promising start.

   The script by Jody Houser is sharp and funny, and the art by Stephen Segovia and Berry Kitson is very good, with strong layouts and great character designs.

   The issue brings up some problematical concepts, but the team sorting them out promises to be fun.

Grade: A-

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