Writer Fabian Nicieza really knows how to tug at the heartstrings. Having successfully done so in the first two issues of Troublemakers, he does it again in the third.

Jane, like the rest of the genetically engineered teens in the compound, has a biofield which gives her superhuman powers. The problem is, unlike the others, she can’t control hers, and it’s led to some massive accidents which cause her to be isolated for her own safety, as well as the safety of others. Will she be able to control her powers with some assistance, or will she need to remain alone?

It’s a sad and emotional story in this issue, with a kid being isolated for no real fault of her own; especially as she didn’t ask for the devastating powers she received. The adults in her life have failed her too, but there is at least, as with the other stories in Troublemakers so far, a glimmer of hope and a chance that things may be looking up by the end of the issue.

Once more, I’m left impressed by Troublemakers, and I’m very keen to keep reading the series, especially as it (somewhat sadly) only lasted for 19 issues. It’s an underrated, hidden gem from a period in comics which is all too easy to disparage, and it proves at least some comics that emerged in the few years after the crash are worth discovering.

Though I’ve been picking Troublemakers up in physical form (as is obvious from the somewhat battered copy I managed to buy from Dave’s Comics in Brighton recently), you can actually buy it from Amazon, to read digitally. It comes highly recommended by this lifelong comic book fan!

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