After forty-three years, Ralph Hinkley, The Greatest American Hero returns! Dropped off in the desert by the aliens that gifted him with his super-suit and given a deadline! But who is Ralph Supposed to save?
Is it Kevin, Ralph's estranged son? Who just happens to be operating a shady business, running numbers, with Ralph's granddaughter, Maya? Kevin is not at all happy to see Ralph. Mainly due to the stories that his birth mother had shared with him growing up about his father. Kevin believes his dad is crazy.
It's also unclear where Ralph stands with former partner, FBI agent Bill Maxwell and ex, Pam Davidson.
When Kevin gets a flat tire, Ralph tries to help. He discovers another superpower - teleportation!
Later, Ralph does save Maya from being hit by a truck! And collapses afterward. He tells Kevin that if the suit is taken off, he'll die!
The cover art is fantastic. The story, developed by Tawnia McKiernan and Don Handfield, written by Handfield with art by Alper Gecgel, Faradilla Nurmaliza and lettered by DC Hopkins is a somewhat melancholy, cliche re-launch. One would think that if Ralph were connected to the aliens that gave him the suit, he'd get a new instruction manual or be trained in how the suit works. Maybe the point is that he makes that discovery on his own.
Hopefully Ralph will figure out how to soar from here on.
The Greatest American Hero 1, from AMP Comics earns three stars!
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