- Written by: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly
- Art by: Bernard Chang
- Colors by: Marcelo Maiolo
- Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Cover art by: Andrei Bressan, Rachelle Rosenberg (cover A)
- Cover price: $4.99
- Release date: February 5, 2025
Power Man: Timeless #1, by Marvel Comics on 2/5/25, brings the last Avenger from the future to the present to battle an unstoppable foe intent on destroying all things with his mighty knife.
Is Power Man: Timeless #1 Good?
Recap
When we last left the Luke Cage from the future in Timeless #1, the last hero standing at the end of time survived by adopting the powers of several heroes to become the Uber Power Man and stop a god intent on wiping out everything. Luke eventually won the battle, but the fight’s explosive finish sent him back in time to our present at the end of the issue.
Plot Synopsis
Power Man: Timeless #1 begins with the future Luke Cage waking up on a distant moon. After his haze clears, he launches into space with one objective—to find and kill Danny Rand. Unfortunately for Luke, this present is not the same timeline as his past because Danny Rand is dead in the present.
During his flight back to Earth, Luke hears someone calling for help. He follows the voice to Jupiter, but before he can catch up to the woman in need, Luke is blindsided by a powerful blow. When he rises from his collision with one of Jupiter’s moons, Luke is confronted by a powerful being calling himself Aeon the Knife. After a quick exchange of bluff and bluster, Luke and Aeon fight again. This time, the fight ends quickly when Aeon cleaves Luke Cage in half with his weapon.
Luke wakes up inside a building-sized heart hidden in the eternal storm on Jupiter. The woman who called for help, Eversight or “Ever” for short, rescued and restored Luke in gratitude for trying to save her life and giving her a chance to escape. The Celestial Heart and Eversight explain they have chosen Power Man to stop Aeon before he destroys everything. Power Man refuses because he knows that being selected as “champion” in this case means being selected as “hit man,” and he wants no part of a stranger’s murderous agenda.
Suddenly, the Celestial Heart is cleaved in half when Aeon returns. Eversight is shocked by the attack and enraged that Power Man didn’t prevent it. The issue ends with Power Man hulking out to fight Aeon in round two.
First Impressions
The idea of a Super Power Man from an alternate future has merit and potential, but it needs better execution than what you’ll find in Power Man: Timeless #1. Big fights on a galactic scale can do wonders to get you invested in a new (version of a) character, but the big beings and challenges come out of nowhere for a flat, one-dimensional conflict.
How’s the Art?
Bernard Chang is one of the best Marvel artists around, so it’s no surprise that the visual presentation is top-notch. Aeon’s look is as powerful and intimidating as it should be, the hits pack a punch, and the panel compositions deliver energy and impact. Combine Chang’s pencils/inks with Marcelo Maiolo’s excellent coloring, and you have a great-looking comic on your hands.
What’s great about Power Man: Timeless #1?
If you want a galactic-sized slug fest on your hands, Power Man: Timeless #1 is for you. Aeon is a credible threat against the most powerful Avenger who ever lived, and the display of power is awesome.
What’s not great about Power Man: Timeless #1?
The lack of setup and motivation are the clear drawbacks to this issue. Unless Aeon is a variant of the same Aeon from the Ultraverse Universe, not seen since 1994, he’s a brand new character who is incredibly powerful and intends to destroy everything simply because he can. That’s not much of a villain to hang your hat on, and Power Man, who beat a god in the previous issue, is somehow struggling against this new villain.
Where did the Celestial Heart come from, and how has nobody known of its existence on Jupiter for ages?
If Danny Rand is dead, which version of Earth are we talking about here?
Why is the narration from Void, the AI in Power Man’s head, so overwritten and verbose, like a Si Spurrier-lite comic?
In other words, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly set up a reason to get Power Man from the future to immediately jump into a big fight, but the circumstances have no more thought than a couple of kids smashing action figures together in a sandbox.
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Final Thoughts
Power Man: Timeless #1 brings Power Man of the Future to a version of the Present for a mindless slugfest in space against an impossibly overpowered foe. Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly’s paper-thin plot doesn’t have enough information to do more than give Power Man a reason to punch things. Well, at least the action art is great.
5.5/10
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