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crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
Cheap comics have a technique where they spring a shocking reveal on you and then flashback to something you haven't seen to explain the weird, out-of-nowhere turns.
One of the reasons I enjoy this series is that Waid gives you a piece of new information, and THEN the reveal happens. It's not as shocking, but it makes for better, more believable storytelling. In a superhero comic that includes alien invasions.
I would recommend this to fans of Warren Ellis's Stormwatch/Authority/Planetary series, people who watch Starship Troopers like it was Rocky Horror so they can shout out BUGS! during the alien scenes, and people who like aliens named after tiny cars.
One of the reasons I enjoy this series is that Waid gives you a piece of new information, and THEN the reveal happens. It's not as shocking, but it makes for better, more believable storytelling. In a superhero comic that includes alien invasions.
I would recommend this to fans of Warren Ellis's Stormwatch/Authority/Planetary series, people who watch Starship Troopers like it was Rocky Horror so they can shout out BUGS! during the alien scenes, and people who like aliens named after tiny cars.
ethancf's review
3.0
Similar to BKV's EX MACHINA limited series: not only is it a novel take on superheroes free from historical baggage from Marvel/DC universes, it's also using its middle volumes to jam a million more ideas into the mix. This is a common problem in comics because frequently the writers don't know how much longer they've got for their comic, and it leaves this volume feeling a bit cold and overstuffed, like a microwave dinner you've forgotten about after cooking. It's very possible the remaining two volumes wrap everything up well, but this sags under the weight of being the middle point of the series - it either needed to be a lot longer, or a lot shorter.
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