"This guy walks into a diner---." Sounds like the opening line of a really bad joke, doesn't it? Fortunately, it isn't. What it is, is the opening line of a pretty good comic book. In fact, it is the opening line from DC's Majestic #1 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Karl Kerschl.
When I picked this book up, I had no idea who Majestic was. Abnett and Lanning do a nice job of telling you everything you need to know about the character without narrating at you too much. Majestic is a Superman-like hero from another Universe. Somehow, he has been trapped on Earth in the DC Universe, and is trying to go back home. (Insert appropriate ET quote here!)
While hanging out on Earth, he does try to lend a hand by doing a little heroing on the side. Unfortunately, his approach is not to everyone's taste. Unlike Superman, he tends to do whatever he thinks is the right thing, without worrying too much about laws, or trials, or whether he is scaring people. (Like most of us would if we could do everything Superman can.) And he does seem to scare people. In fact, he seems to make everyone around him very nervous indeed.
The highlight of this issue is the conversation Majestic has with Superman shortly after "this guy walks into a diner--." Supes gives him some big-brotherly advice about how to deal with people that is both clever and insightful. And they discover a similar taste in coffee. All superheroes need caffeine. And of course, Supes advice may come in handy very soon---.
Majestic has great dialogue, some action, a diner, and coffee. It would be even better if it had pie, but no comic can have everything. Plus, issue #1 has a cool retro cover. What more could anyone ask for from a no-risk Book of the Week?
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