Wearing the Cape: A Superhero Story

Wearing the Cape is a good superhero series; powers are generic compared to Worm's and tend to fall into common “packages” such as the protagonist being an Atlas class hero (flight, strength, durability). Think of it as a deconstruction of the genre rather than a full reconstruction like Worm.

The superheros organizations main day-to-day concern is being seen patrolling and helping people and building good will because they know one day things will go to shit in a huge villain attack and they will need the public on their side to reduce backlash.

Superheros have no legal powers but work with local police on enforcing warrants, including controversy about the use of “no knock” warrants against powered targets.

Aircraft have “powered assist lift here” markings indicating where a flying hero should lift from if supporting them in an emergency.

the Villain in the first book has a proper rational motivation and goals, even though this is not clear at first and he just seems like a random terrorist. I'd rate him as very compelling in characterization and motivation, but telling you why without major spoilers isn't possible.

Overall I'd say it's the best superhero series I've read other than Worm. Worm tying backstory and powers together via trigger event and making every power unique is missing, but I can't think of any other superhero setting that comes close to doing that as well as Worm.

I'm a comic book geek and I enjoy super-hero novels. Wearing the Cape was the origin story of Astra, a Super Girl type hero and follows her from getting her powers to saving the world. I like the book and gave it three stars because I didn't really connect with the character of Astra. There are many other heroes in Wearing the Cape that I would have rather read about.