Kinetic (comics)

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Kinetic

Cover of Softcover Graphic Novel.
With art by Warren Pleece.

Publisher	DC Focus Imprint of DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Publication dates	2004
Number of issues	Eight
Main character(s)	Tom Morell

Creative team
Writer(s)	Kelley Puckett
Artist(s)	Warren Pleece
Creator(s)	Allan Heinberg Kelley Puckett Warren Pleece

Kinetic was a comic book series created by Allan Heinberg and written by Kelley Puckett and Warren Pleece and published by DC Focus, a short-lived imprint of DC Comics. The aim of the imprint was to feature super-powered characters who did not follow the traditional format of classic superhero adventures. It was cancelled after eight issues. One Editorial Review called the book "Unbreakable or Donnie Darko", and can seen as mixing both movie into a comic book.

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The series focused on Tom Morell, a high school boy suffering from a combination of medical conditions such as hemophilia, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and others. His life at school is characterized by constant mockery and abuse, and his home life consists of his highly protective mother who fears that he could die at any moment. As an escape from his normal life, Tom immerses himself in the adventures of his favorite comic book superhero, Kinetic. However, Tom suddenly manifests his own superpowers. The majority of the story focuses on his reactions to this sudden change and its dramatic effects on his life.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

After a bad first day a school, Tom Morell is thinking of killing himself and is hit by a semi-trailer truck and lives, in shook he walks home and goes to bed. The next day thinking it was a dream, but seeing a key he knows it wasn't. In shock walking around school he founds out that he is Super-strong and invulnerable, both life long dreams. Later his mother learn her son has Super-powers; reacting negatively at first, she then takes it in stride incredibly well.