This surprised me. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. The basic premise of a reality show to choose the next superhero sounded very thin. However, I loved the character development that the 6 issues contained. That goes for all of the show contestants not just Leslie. Each by the end is their own person and you see decent growth in them as characters. Like other Aspen books the art is solid. Another nod to the names of each issue being superhero takes on song titles was great.
The only issue I had was the thin depiction of Stasis the main villain. He felt very one dimensional. Even just a small bit of his back story aside from how Leslie viewed him would have gone a long way to make the rivalry and eventual showdown between them more powerful.
All in all I ended up really enjoying this. It's a great origin story with great art, decent characters and overall solid and original plot. For the price you could do a lot worse than Idolized.
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