They’re there, but placed so that they don’t draw great attention. Morrison’s also feeding Steve Yeowell clever visual cues, which Yeowell interprets well, such as the flying figures on the sample art.
Accompanying that are interesting methods of storytelling, such as an entire chapter with Zenith absent from his weekly serialised series, replaced by four pages looking in on three simultaneous events.
It’s more difficult to do that with Phase Two as Morrison invests more of himself, from dry, witty comments to a greater focus on the supporting cast, although look to Mark Millar’s later Kingsman for a similar villain. While still readable, Zenith Phase One was a more or less straight superhero story, bright and new in 1987, but magpie-picked for a decade after, meaning it’s no longer as fresh and original. Still, apart from a curiosity about his disappeared parents, he assumes he’s done his bit and life will resume as before. Now, he’s not only met some superheroes who fought alongside his parents back in the day, but experienced a sharp learning curve when an other dimensional demon arrived on Earth. Zenith was introduced as a self-centred nineteen year old with super powers inherited from his parents who’d only ever used those powers to promote his recording career.
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