Art by Ben Templesmith
I'm not usually too interested in comics based on video games, but Johnston and Templesmith's first Dead Space limited series was a very good read. It was on the strength of Johnston's Wasteland and Templesmiths Fell that I figured it was worth a risk, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
What I liked about it was that they took what is a pretty standard Aliens set-up, and added a religious aspect. More than that though, the religion, Unitology, is clearly looked down upon by non-Unitologists, even though it has many powerful followers.
This one-shot is set on the Ishimura, the space ship that was in the first series. Once the 'Marker', the strange alien artifact that had been found on the planet, has been brought on board, the same issues that happened on the planet begin to take place. There are hallucinations and creepy monsters all over the place, and suddenly, we're reading a new version of Aliens again, but the Ripley character never strips down to her underwear.
This is a one-shot though, not a six-issue series, so Johnston doesn't have a lot of room to play around. Instead, he develops the character of Dr. Nicole Brennan on the fly, and makes her someone that the reader cares about, before putting her through hell.
I take it there is a sequel to the video game coming out, hence this comic. That doesn't matter to me, but this book does serve as a good companion to the original series, and a reminder of why I wish Wasteland would get back on schedule (I'm not even going to talk about Fell).
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