J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars — Arthur Byron Cover

Twenty years after a comet strikes the Earth near Pederson, Illinois, gifting 113 yet-to-be-born children with extraordinary super powers, the Specials, feared by normal humans because of their power, have dispersed across the globe, only to reunite to take on one of their own, known as Critical Maas, who has taken the city of Chicago hostage. Original.