The title, about a Black NBA mega-star who suddenly finds
himself without corporeal form and with the ability to “jump” into any person,
learn everything about them and assume their being, that he is Inhuman. Born with the latent
chromosome that brings these “gifts” once contact is made with Terrigen. It is not an easy thing and to do it alone is
nightmare-ish to say the least. Still, he manages to find his way. Along this
journey he finds out that almost everyone that was close to him was fake. His
father used him for profit, his girlfriend was not that and that he was not a
human then, he was a commodity. And he found that others owned him and that their
intentions were not good. Along the way he runs into Spider-man, meets the
Inhumans who help him figure out who he is. They use him in their war against
Tony Stark and against the Mutants. Not entirely sure if that’s what he wants
out of his new life, he moves on and finds himself helping Moloids fight
against Diablo, and is successful. Issue 8 finds him still not sure of what and
how to be and while that question exists, it suggests the journey continues. In
what form and how exactly fans will just have to wait and see.
I tried to describe the story as best I could without
dishing out too many spoilers. It’s a good story and I think it’s one that
every Inhuman fan should read. It delves into the struggle of transformation,
changing your life from that of human to Inhuman. It delves into the struggle
of learning who a person is and of conflict, sacrifice, rage and justice. The
story is solid. Well written and very well illustrated.
In our Facebook group, "The Comics Group", We talk frequently of Marvels attempts to create a
diverse universe. To upgrade its heroes with those more closely attuned to the
world of today. I think the cancellation of this series demonstrates the
continued rejection of that attempt. But this series was a good story. It was
well written. Geoffrey Thorne, a black man, gave us our first black Inhuman, a
new black Marvel hero, and he made him viable. Thorne made Mosaic entertaining
and if you read the series you will want to read more. Khary Randolph, a black
man, is one of my favorite artists. His work here on Mosaic beautifully
illustrated the story. If you are looking for diversity, this series was all
that.
But I am not looking for diversity or ethnic balance or
whatever. I’m looking for a well written damed good and entertaining story that
is drawn, colored and paneled to the point that the lettering doesn’t even
matter. Mosaic is that kind of story and Marvel shoots itself in the foot,
again, with its cancellation. Read the series, you’ll like it.