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Huck Big Bad World 1 review – Dark Horse Comics 5/13/25

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Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque reunite for the latest installment of their collaboration with Huck Big Bad World 1.

Anna Kozar is having dreams again about an encounter she and her friends had with a mysterious older woman in the woods.

She doesn’t know exactly what the woman put in the soup she offered them, but since that encounter, Anna’s been gifted with the ability to make others do what she suggests.

A stranger turns up at her house decades later seeking her assistance. Or rather her son, Huck, who has many gifts including the ability to track down anyone.

The stranger was saved from a near-death experience by a woman with powers. That encounter left the man keenly interested in her activities after she left. He’s kept a diligent eye on other super powered individuals in hopes that they might lead him to the woman.

Millar does a good job of raising some caution flags about the guy’s actual motives without making him outright sound like a villain.

As for Huck, he’s off performing his daily good deed and thrilled at the idea of being able to gift his girlfriend with a little thinking of you present.

Unfortunately for poor Huck, he’s not prepared for the ugly realities of “it’s complicated” dating and gets his heart broken in Big Bad World 1.

That makes it as good a time as any for him to get a new long-term mission to help someone.

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Millar writes Huck incredibly likable, which is definitely a welcome trait in this often cruel and harsh reality world. There’s more than enough intriguing elements in Big Bad World 1 to keep this issue compelling without any action more intense than a man rescued from a car plunging into a river.

Albuquerque is such a fantastic storytelling crafting so much genuine personality out of his characters that they look real carrying a full weight of emotions.

Big Bad World 1 doesn’t need a lot of showy pages and colossal world-threatening menaces — not when Albuquerque can make the script this compelling.

Colorist Dave McCaig brings some strong color combinations to the mix making for an interesting contrast with his darker hues for a more optimistic and typically pleasant hero.

Letterer Clem Robins keeps his text clean and straight forward rarely utilizing different fonts. Larger fonts for sound effects are kept to a minimum to make them more meaningful when they do appear.

Huck Big Bad World 1 gets this new arc off on a compelling start with a fresh mystery to decipher for the still charming and likable hero.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Photo Credit: Dark Horse Comics

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