The twist to the lore here is that the Extraordinaries are queer, AF. “Former enemies coming back out of the blue for revenge like this is some self-serious sequel… doesn’t that happen all the time in comics?” But it’s clear that Klune is winking at the audience. The Extraordinaries are also put into the position of having to protect people who are actively trying to bring them down, or as the X-Men would say, they are “sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them”. A core story involves a version of the Superhero Registration Act, as a local politician is campaigning on a platform to force all Extraordinaries to register with the government.
Heat Wave hits a lot of superhero storylines that will be familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of Marvel comics. But things get dicey when an old enemy (Nick’s ex-boyfriend) comes back into town, and Nick starts to suspect there’s something weird going on with his mother too… His boyfriend Seth, aka Pyro Storm, is trying to coach him and their cabal of friends and family, the Lighthouse, are there to help.
It doesn’t help that his ADHD tends to get his mind running away with him, writing new catch phrases instead of being in the moment. He’s still not very good at it, and his command of his telekinetic powers is, well, temperamental at best. Nick has gone from superhero fanfic writer to superhero himself, an ‘Extraordinary’, now going by the name Guardian, his mother’s old moniker. Quick note: being the last part of a trilogy, there’s no way to avoid spoilers for the previous books in this review.
TJ Klune wraps up his YA superhero trilogy, The Extraordinaries, with Heat Wave which sees teenager Nick launching into his superhero career, as well as launching into his fully-fledged relationship with Seth.
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