Dark Hero?! Seriously, can we have a more creative name?

 

Completed Hero in 2 hours plus, it's a short decent read that's mainly targeted at youths. It's quite fast paced and reads very smoothly. (though I'm irritated by the typo of Snake... I hope it's not just my copy only...)

The story begins with Thom Creed who is the son of a fallen superhero. The story is easy to follow even though I would have liked it better if Moore had elaborated on the background of where and how the superheroes come about. Even though he is close to his father after his mother's disappearance, there are just some things that he can't talk to his father about, his developing superpowers as well as his orientation, as his father is not exactly accepting. I like the way Moore uses these obstacles as a way to bring across character development, as well as driving the plot forward. There are some parts where Thom is exceedingly childish though.

The superheroes in the League are a little too cliched for my liking... Isn't Justice's story too familiar? But I like the twist in the end, I actually thought that it was the father who was behind all the murders, or even the mother, under Justice's orders. So... yeah. Some parts were a little predictable, like Goran's double identity as well as Snake's. But I think they were meant so on purpose. Just to prove to us that Thom's dumb. Lol.

There's a lot of subplots going on, but they are sort of underdeveloped, and a little rushed, but still, they join up nicely enough. The supporting characters are pretty interesting, I especially like Ruth's personality.

Moore could have afforded to give us more details and such, but overall, I quite like it.