Suicide Risk Explained

Ongoing:	n
Publisher:	Boom! Studios
Date:	March 2013 – March 2015
Issues:	25
Genre:	Superheroes, science-fiction
Writers:	Mike Carey
Artists:	Elena Casagrande with Jorge Coehlo and Haemi Jang
Cover Artists:	Tommy Lee Edwards, Stephanie Hans-->
Subcat:	Boom! Studios

Suicide Risk was an ongoing comic book series that ran for 25 issues from 2013 until 2015. It was written by Mike Carey and drawn by Elena Casagrande.^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

Leo Winters is a police officer in San Diego when people with superpowers suddenly start appearing all over the world, leading to a wave of destruction and carnage. He manages to track down a grifter couple who are in possession of a device that helps people "unlock" their superpowers for a sizeable fee. They use the device on him, and he soon finds that he has not only developed superpowers, but a suppressed identity, the extra-dimensional warlord Requiem, has taken over his body.

Leo/Requiem will soon be forced to play a part in a huge conflict across dimensional barriers, threatening to destroy not only himself and his family, but the entire world and possibly the universe.

Release history

• Issue #1-25 (March 2013 - March 2015)
• Collected in Trade Paperbacks:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–4, tpb, 128 pages, 2013,)
  • Volume 2 (collects #5-9, tpb, 128 pages, 2014,)
  • Volume 3 (collects #10-13, tpb, 128 pages, 2014,)
  • Volume 4 (collects #14-17, tpb, 128 pages, 2015,)
  • Volume 5 (collects #18-21, tpb, 128 pages, 2015,)
  • Volume 6 (collects #22-25, tpb, 160 pages, 2016,)

Reception

Critical reception for the series has been positive and the series has an average Critic rating of 8.1 on Comic Book Roundup, based on 45 reviews.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ingram. Ryan. Mike Carey's new BOOM! series is a sure-fire "Suicide Risk". Comic Book Resources. 11 February 2013.
2. Web site: BigJ. Mike Carey Straps On His Flak Jacket For 'Suicide Risk'. Bloody Disgusting. 27 June 2013.
3. Web site: SUICIDE RISK. Comic Book Roundup. 2 May 2016.