[Comic Book Review] 'Rick and Morty™ Presents: The Vindicators' #1 from Oni Press

PopCultHQ received a review copy of ‘Rick and Morty™ Presents: The Vindicators’ #1 from Oni Press. Available March 7^th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from J. Torres, art from CJ Cannon, colors by Nick Filardi, and lettering from Crank!.

Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of…

Rick and Morty™ Presents: The Vindicators #1

Writer: J. Torres
Artist: CJ Cannon
Colorist: Nick Filardi
Letterer: Crank!

Cover Artists:
CJ Cannon with Nick Filardi
(Cover A),
Caitlin Rose Boyle (Cover B),
Jen Bartel (ECCC Variant)

Age Rating: Teen, 16+
Genre: Sci-Fi/Humor
Price: $4.99
Page Count: 40

In this first issue, J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!, The Mighty Zodiac) teams up with Rick and Morty™ series artist CJ Cannon to explore the twisted and bombastic history of THE VINDICATORS in an all-out superhero comics extravaganza. Read in amazement as the superhero team travels through dimensions to recruit other heroes to defeat a villain of their own making. Gasp in shock and awe as the plot twists and previously irrelevant characters revive from the dead! Frown in frustration as you forget the complicated backstory of suddenly important mythic items! And most of all… WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB!

PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review:
Rick and Morty™ Presents: The Vindicators #1

Writing:

J. Torres takes everyone’s favorite wacky science duo and teams them up with the galaxy’s greatest heroes once again. Only this time the threat is not only dire, it comes from within the Vindicators. Torres embodies all of the best qualities of a single Rick and Morty episode into his script and serves up some crazy, high stakes action that will leave both comic reader and Rick and Morty die-hard fans wanting more.

Art:

CJ Cannon’s art is true to the Rick and Morty spirit. Lots of details, well-drawn and fleshed out characters; from Rick and Morty and the Vindicators, to background figures and second string individuals. And that’s not to mention the work on the actual backgrounds, the sets and worlds that readers will find themselves taken through.

The colors Nick employs for the book are vibrant, but at the same time have a somewhat muted feel. Things like Rick’s hair and gadgets, or even the Vindicators’ costumes, they are colorful but not in the same way that they are colorful in the cartoon. In the end though, Nick has put his heart and soul into each color choice for this comic and they show.

Crank! did a fine job as letterer, especially with lettering Rick. One can just hear that drunken, delightful maniac’s voice as he belches and swears and sciences his way out of this crazy, madcap super adventure that he and Morty have found themselves in. It’s top-notch work from a top-notch letterer.

Rick and Morty™ Presents: The Vindicators #1 - ECCC Vsariant by Jen Bartel

PopCultHQ’s overall assessment:

Ohhhh snap…it’s the return of the Vindicators, folks. That’s right, the most “effective” super-team in the Rick and Morty-verse have returned and they need the help of that drunkenly dynamic science duo. So come along as things get crazy, super awesome, and downright wacky.