The Adequates #3 Review: Superheroes… Well, Sort Of

The Adequates #3 Review: Superheroes… Well, Sort Of The Adequates #3 turns a bad graveyard ritual into a sharp, funny, supernatural superhero mess with heart, monsters, and misfit energy The Adequates #3 continues to prove that not every superhero story needs polished icons, perfect teams, or billion-dollar confidence. Sometimes the best heroes are the ones who barely understand what is happening, accidentally wake up the wrong supernatural force, and still try to fix the mess anyway. Co-written by Lee Loughridge and Marz Jr., with art by Marz Jr., this issue leans hard into what makes The Adequates work: awkward young characters, offbeat horror comedy, and superhero chaos that feels intentionally messy in the best possible way. The issue opens with a confession: the kids did something very bad while attempting a ritual tied to Johnny Mercer. What begins as a spooky supernatural setup quickly becomes something much bigger, as the story reveals that it was not Mercer’s soul that woke up, but something connected to Void, the dead, and the strange abilities now affecting the group. The review copy shows the issue using the graveyard sequence, the spell book, and the kids’ accidental p...