I'm still trying to process TRANSLUCID -- in a good way. It's giving me a great deal to think about vis-a-vis how heroes and villains engage with each other in our beloved sequential medium, and the spotlight on "the neverending battle" makes for a brilliant discussion topic (make your friends read this book!) and a dramatic tango of a script. Vibrant colors and dynamic panels make for a visually-enticing book, and I'm already caught up in the chess match between The Horse and The Navigator. Read Full Review

Translucid is off to a pretty good start, with some interesting, if clich, characters and a unique frame story. If Echert and Sanchez can maintain this level of intrigue the story will likely be a success. Translucid #1 is worth picking up if you like a classic hero-villain nemesis story. For that, it gets a solid 4/5 stars from me. Read Full Review

Translucid is exactly how you start a comic series. The story and writing hits you hard and the art gives you little kisses of sweet sweet beautifulness. Translucid may examine concepts and ideas that have been tackled by others in comics before but with something that looks and sounds so good it is clear this series has something of its own to bring to the argument. Boom continues to set the bar higher and higher for their work and Sanchez, Echert and Bayliss injected that bar with hallucinogens and blew it the fuck up. Read Full Review

Super hero books are a dime a dozen. “Translucid” #1 succeeds by expanding on a basic and well worn high concept, without feeling derivative. Sanchez, Ebert, and Bayliss have managed to craft a gorgeous debut issue that grabs readers with its strong characters and perplexing mysteries. Like Bayliss' “Batman: The Deal,” “Translucid” promises to offer a unique take on the struggle between good and evil, while redefining just what those roles mean. Read Full Review

Really, I don't have that many complaints about this issue. As a first issue, it works very well, establishing the characters, world, and plot with ease. Both the writing and the art are great. Aside from the fact that it sometimes feels way too familiar, Translucid is a great read, and one that I would wholeheartedly recommend. Read Full Review

forward to discovering that part of the story when I return for therest of the series! Read Full Review

If the next few issues remain at this level, at worst, Translucid will be one of the better superhero comic book stories on the shelves. At best, the level of writing will get deeper and more unpredictable as the series progresses and it will end up being one of the best under-appreciated gems on the market. Read Full Review

So to conclude I can say that the creative brains of this series have got me interested and on board for further issues. With the added safety net that I know going in this is a finite miniseries so there will be a conclusion and all the loose ends will be tied up. Read Full Review

Simply summed-up, Translucid #1 is a solid first issue. Its inspirations are clear but its purpose is no less enjoyable with that knowledge. The artwork is wonderful and the story will leave you desperate for Part Two at its conclusion. Read Full Review

With fascinating characters, a good plot and an epic ending, Translucid is a just the fresh breeze I was looking for lately. Read Full Review

This explosion ends about a panel too late for me, leaving me with a final image that I don't quite know what to do with, or how to extrapolate from it. In terms of the issue as a whole, though, I'm intrigued where they're going to take this. The Horse made some moves that he can't possibly take back, and The Navigator let him do it for his own sake. It's a moral quandary, and it's one that I can't wait for Team Translucid to tackle. Read Full Review

Overall, the first issue takes a concept we've seen before, and presents it in an interesting way to start. It's just a sliver of the bigger picture and larger story, and I finished the first issue wishing I could just read it all at once. That being said, Echert and Sanchez have produced some epic series in the past, and I expect no less of this one. Add in Bayliss' art, and you've got an intriguing series that I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out. Read Full Review

Honestly, it's slightly pointless to try to hypothesize on where this series plans to go or what themes will be realized, mainly because Translucid was built for the trade paperback format. Reading one issue is certainly exciting, but there are so many ideas at play throughout the story that it seems destined to read better once all six issues have released. Analyzing and reviewing once we gain the full picture, akin to something such as Brian Wood's Mara. Very important topics (especially if the end page is indeed going down that path) and the possibility to re-define our traditional comics structure is enough to give a deserved recommendation, with slight reservations. Read Full Review

The theme of this limited series revolves around the question "Do superheroes need supervillains?" While the themes explored here are nothing new, the writers manage to throw in some imaginative characters and an intriguing complication Read Full Review

Im not writing off this story just yet. In fact, I have high hopes that with the coming issues the story will build more and more and this will become a ‘must read' by the time the final issue sees print. Read Full Review

"Translucid" #1 is just a really confusing first issue. There are good ideas, but they're buried underneath a strange execution that explains little and makes it impossible to emotionally invest in the characters or story. Read Full Review

Decent, but had a ton of potential to tell a fascinating story about what it means to be a hero or a villain.