Mr. Terrific AKA Michael Holt is a really fun character at DC. A genius who uses his tech know-how along with lots of physical training to be a hero, Mr. Terrfic is a bit like if you blended the Marvel character Reed Richards (smarts) with a dash of Batman (tragedy, big corporation, he's a mortal human) and some Spider-Man (he can be pretty witty and snarky). His character first appeared not too long ago (depending on how old you are) in 1997 with issue #54 of, "The Spectre." That is admittedly a number of decades ago now, so it makes sense to revisit and recontextualize Holt's origin. Hence, we are getting, "Mr. Terffic: Year One." This is good news!
Mr. Terrific led a team that was DC's self-aware wink at the Fantastic Four (The Terrifics) and has popped up as an important supporting character in various other DC titles. I'm glad he's getting the spotlight in a new mini-series focused on telling his origin as he's a cool character. I imagine some of the reason for this is that the character of Mr. Terrific is in the upcoming, "Superman," movie too, so it's Director, James Gunn, sees great storytelling potential in Michael Holt too.
Written by Al Letson with art by Valentine De Landro--and additional art in, "Present-day sequences," by Edwin Galmon, so that's a solid team. The first of six issues drops on May 28th, so not too long from now. I look forward to this new telling of Mr. Terrific's origin and am excited to check the series out!
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