Paragon : The Origins AEION Comics

Kael is just trying to survive. An 18-year-old courier in the sprawling, innovation-obsessed Star City, he takes shady jobs to fulfill a promise and scrape together a future. His life is a constant battle against the city's unrelenting underbelly until one high-paying delivery goes horribly wrong. The package contains a gem that breaks every law of physics. It's alive, it's powerful, and the ruthless CEO of Axion Corp, Jude Axion, will kill to get it back. Betrayed and left for dead, Kael's dying breath awakens the gem's true purpose: to choose an Anchor for the planet. Reborn with the collective strength of Earth and an energy that he doesn't fully understand flowing through him, Kael now has a new future ahead of him. But his new power is a double-edged sword. He is now the living shield for a world he's only ever seen from the gutters, hunted by a man who sees humanity's future as something to be owned, not protected. The boy must learn what it means to be a hero and how to wield his immense powers before they break what makes him, well...him