Why I picked it up

Watched the first couple of episodes of the new series on Hulu. Wasn't thrilled with it, but was curious enough to want to read the source material.

Plus, Brian K. Vaughan is one of my favorite writers in this medium.

What I liked about it

+ The fact that the parents insisted on wearing costumes throughout as proper super-villains made them look kind of silly and perhaps old-fashioned compared to their kids who were just trying to figure out their own places in the world and also how to get along with each other. This was further demonstrated when the kids initially came up with and then abandoned code names for themselves, as though recognizing that this wasn't kids' stuff and they weren't playing at being costumed heroes.

+ The story was just pretty darn good. As I would expect from Vaughan. But the pacing and little reveals here and nudges there and the double and triple crosses all made it just really fun. It didn't pack the whollop of Y: The Last Man, Saga, or Pride of Baghdad, but it's pretty solid on its own.