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More specifically I mean the general design of the book - the bold color choices and how they create dynamic light and dark, the panel layouts, the stylized text for the sound effects and things like that. You mentioned in the episode the speech bubbles coming from the hands, which is a really creative way to represent sign language in a comic.
The design does tend to highlight the action and give it that superhero feel, which is very different from other Alien(s) books I've read, but as a comic book fan I'm just appreciative of the way the whole creative team built the pages.
I'm guessing you're referring to the superhero critique here. For me, the Alien comics (or the better ones) have always been more grounded in that cinematic or more serious feel so I understand where it being more superhero can stand out. If it were a crossover, I think it'd feel more in line with that, but it's not really the feel I think a lot of us are used to.
Plus I love a comic book that *knows* it's a comic and makes choices that take advantage of the format, and Icarus definitely does that