Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance Part One written by Faith Erin Hicks and art by Peter Wartman
Team Avatar (Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph) head to Cranefish Town, the Earth Kingdom city where Toph's dad owns a factory. Since the war ended, the town has grown substantially, with many other businesses moving into the area. Some problems have arisen. First, the businesses have expanded but there's no local government. The business leaders have formed a council but they haven't developed a police force. This is a problem because, second, there is fighting in the street between various benders. The factories have developed new machines that require fewer benders (who are expensive employees). The unemployed benders have turned to crime, causing trouble for the factories and the non-bending citizens. Toph's dad has invited the team so Aang can help get the situation cleaned up. Speaking of cleaning up, the third problem is the generally poor use of natural resources and trashing of the area. Team Avatar spends some time cleaning up the beach as a start. Unfortunately, a conspiracy is afoot to keep the conflict between various factions going strong.
The book is a great intro to the story (there's two more parts) and captures the action, humor, and heart of the television series. The art does a great job mimicking the art from the series. This is a great continuation of both the television series and of Gene Luen Yang's impressive run of Avatar graphic novels.
Recommended, highly for Avatar: The Last Airbender fans.
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