Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world turned upside down after discovering her comic book creations were real and she was one of them. As she and the Unteens reunite and put the pieces together, they take on the forces that disbanded them for one final fight. In reality, Unbelievable Unteens #4 is written by Jeff Lemire, and drawn, colored and lettered by Tyler Crook.
“Then they grew up and nothing was ever the same again. But there are no endings. Not in comics. Not with superheroes. Not really.”
The relationships you have in your teens are all-new. All-different. Your life is a series of senses-shattering issues. Young romance, strange adventures, you’re a traveler into the unknown.
And you grow into an adult, and you half remember what it was like. The people who, for a brief, blazing moment, were your entire world. And you wonder, who was that person that you once were? The people you once cared so deeply for? The feelings seem alien, like they happened to someone else entirely.
That’s the key to The Unbelievable Unteens. It’s a comic that’s ultimately about this disconnect between the middle-aged adult and the raw, unbelievable teen they once were, who felt like the superpowered and ultimately immortal hero of their own story. And it’s also about the ghosts of friends who never had the chance to become that full adult, living on as memories, haunting us.
It’s about that feeling of reconnecting with someone you once loved, and finding a stranger. It’s remembering who they once were, and what you once were to each other.
It’s about letting go of that person you once were and letting them be a part of that other time.
