Art by James Daly III and Tim Bradstreet
Well, this was a bit of a surprise. This book was solicited for last November, and I'd kind of forgotten about it. It's not the oldest thing on my pull-list (Pirates of Coney Island and Gutsville - where are you???), but the fact that the cover is by Dave Stevens gives you an idea of how long ago this series began. (This cover is more than enough reason to buy the book though - he really was a great artist).
The story has always been a weird mix between a celebrity vanity project and a straight-up B-movie with some great concepts working in the background. This issue features killer alien spider-hordes, a gigantic ax-wielding alien, a beautiful scientist in ripped clothes, a barefoot African computer genius who grew up in a slum but knows about the Smithsonian, and the science of Nikola Tesla. It's hard to balance a list of plot elements like that, and this issue feels a little rushed towards the end.
This is a fun comic. I wonder how it will read in trade form, without the 12 month lag between issues.
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Dave stole the female figure from another artist's painintg! That's how "Great" he was...
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