When Marvel began publishing American editions of some of Soleil's back catalogue, this was the title that intrigued me the most. Having grown up a Star Wars kid, the idea of a space adventure story, without cutesy creatures or robots, always catches my eye. This book looked a little like the new Battlestar Galactica, in terms of its grittiness, and I was very interested.
That is, until I discovered that each individual issue was $6. I resolved myself to trade wait, but then, all that has come out so far has been a very expensive hardcover edition. Then, yesterday, I found the complete set at a used book store for $9, and happily made my purchase.
This is a pretty good comic. It is set in the far future, when man has colonized most of the solar system. The United Earth Force suddenly has to deal with a large black wall that has cut off half of the system, and is believed to be a plot by the Colonization Industrial Companies. The series focusses on 'Purgatory Squadron', a group of military misfits, all of whom are facing courts martial, but who are also smart and brave enough to deal with this threat.Bajram does a fantastic job of constructing his characters and his settings. The UEF is depicted as a complex military system, and he has clearly spent a lot of time focussing on the design and functionality of the space ships used. The series runs at a quick, exciting pace, even when it turns into (as all of these types of stories almost inevitably do) a story about time paradoxes.
Bajram leaves the door open for the sequel to be just as interesting.
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