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It's The Cape

Kal-el and myself are big fans of the superhero genre (if you didn't know by now) and we're glad for anything new that might come out that explores the realm of superheros further.

Debuting just a few days ago is the one-hour superhero drama series; The Cape.

The series, set in the fictional metropolis of Palm City and follows Vince Faraday, an innocent police detective who is considering leaving the city's corrupt police force. He witnesses the murder of the city's new police chief by a mysterious individual known as "Chess"; soon after, he decides to work for the private security team of billionaire Peter Fleming, who is poised to take over the city's police department.

An e-mail from the anonymous investigative blogger "Orwell" leads Faraday and his partner Marty Voyt to a cargo train equipped with weapons smuggled in by Fleming's corporation. Unfortunately, Voyt sets up Faraday and delivers him to Chess (Fleming himself), who frames Faraday for the police chief's murder and sends the police after him in a chase that culminates in an explosion.

The entire city (including Faraday's family) now believes that he was Chess and he died in the explosion. Vince actually survives and is saved by a circus ringleader who trains him to use a special black cape to defend himself against his foes. The circus folk convince Faraday that he cannot reveal himself to his wife and son without endangering their lives, because if Chess found out that he was still alive then his family would be targeted. Faraday decides to fight Palm City's corruption and clear his name by taking the guise of his son's favorite comic book hero, "The Cape".

I guess you could think: Batman mix Punisher mix The Shadow.

While the creator of The Cape, Tom Wheeler, does not come from a background comics, he is currently developing the screenplay for Puss in Boots, a spin-off of the Shrek franchise for acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation.

I would suggest that superhero fans out there check out the show yourselves to form your own opinions.