The Tin Can Society #1 review | News World

Whenever a new comic comes out, certain details determine whether or not it lands on my pull list. Of course there’s the creative team, but there’s also the genre, the premise, and the major hook; what will draw a reader to this book? In the case of The Tin Can Society #1, it’s the murder of a scientist-turned-superhero, and how said murder affects his close group of friends.

The Tin Can Society opens with a horrific sight, courtesy of artist Francesco Mobili: the body of Johnny Moore, a scientist who took up the armored identity of Caliburn to protect the innocent. There’s very little that’s heroic about that first page; I’ll spare readers the grisly details, but there’s a good reason why this comic opens with a trigger warning. It’s tackling a heavy story, one that…