In Sickness and in Health

by Jay Faerber

Every girl thinks her boyfriend is a catch, but Georgetown bookseller Liz Donnelly's got bragging rights - she's dating Race Noble, the famous super-hero with the quick smile and quicker legs. Follow Race and Liz's whirlwind romancce, from the moment they meet, to their wedding ... and the tragic honeymoon. Suddenly, Liz is a stranger in a strange land - an everyday person living with a family of celebrity super-heroes Behind the glamour and wonder...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582402930
• ISBN13: 9781582402932
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Image Comics
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

Quality superhero family drama

With so many of the mainstream American books wallowing in nostalgia, independent books like Noble Causes are a reader's best bet for getting an actual story. This volume quickly introduces the Noble family, a scientist father, a magic-using mother, three superpowered kids, plus their robot, a bastard son, and their demonic best friend. Faerber quickly establishes there are serious problems behind their facade of happiness. Simple touches like the mother lighting a cigarette as soon as the cameras are off make them more real and flawed than most comic book heroes. At the same time Faerber avoids the trap of 'superhero decadence'. The Nobles have their problems but they are not mass-murders masquerading as heroes. They are some very genuine characters, neither angels or demons but just as flawed or noble as ordinary humans. If you're on the fence, you might want to check out the Noble Causes Archive which is a much fatter black and white reprint of the series.

Good- Artwork Inconsistant

Noble Causes: In Sickness and in health is a romantic soap opera starring: you guessed it- super heroes! The primary romance is the romance between Race- and plain Jane bookstore owner Liz Donnelly. Add a few classic soap opera twists, including a blacksheep brother, a cheating spouse and a mystery baby and you have Noble Causes. I enjoyed the story for the most part, although to be honest it was somewhat light. What I didn't like was the art. At times it was well drawn...Other times the art looked like the scrawling of a ten year old. Some characters were hardly recognizable from story to story- you'd think the artist had no reference to work from. Still the story was fun, and the concept cool. Worth reading, but the artwork lacks consistancy which cost this story a star.

Yeah, there's some soap opera, but I really like this series

This series is about the dysfunctional superhero celebrity family of the Nobles. It begins when Liz, a normal woman, is going to marry into the family...then all kinds of drama begins. There are a lot of family and relationship issues going on in this series, and, yes, it may seem soap opera-ish to some. But ultimately it's a fun comic book that hasn't gained as much popularity as it deserves. I actually want to read the rest of the series after having read this trade paperback. It has drama, it has superheroes, it has comedy, it has action, it has romance...