Sex Criminals #1 Review

For a book about a gun-toting woman who literally orgasms her way to super powers (you heard me), Sex Criminals #1 is a remarkably relatable book. Writer Matt Fraction and artist Chip Zdarsky have crafted a debut issue that isn't like anything we've seen yet. It's part action adventure, part touching coming of age drama, all with a healthy amount of wry humor sprinkled throughout.

The issue's first few pages set a very curious tone for the story that follows. We see two people -- Suzanne and Jonathan -- caught up in an intimate embrace, while a disembodied voice shouts from some unknown location, telling them to give themselves up. But our lovers aren't cowed; indeed, they spur on their activities to reach climax together. And that's when things start getting weird. That moment when one reaches the height of ecstasy has often been described as enough to make time stand still, or as a riotous explosion of color. But for Suzanne, those comparisons aren't mere euphemisms. They're her reality.

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