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With roots in that sort of ’80s military science fiction action set, “Onyx” bursts on the scene with plenty of pyrotechnics, crazy monsters, rough heroes, and world-ending stakes. In 100 pages, creators Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez throw everything they can at the page, and the whole thing comes off as sort of . . . a mess.
There’s a lot of recognizable elements throughout “Onyx.” You have this group of secret military commandoes (a la Predator or Aliens), an insidious parasitic infection (flashes of The Thing), and plenty of heavy artillery. You even have the big bad saying he won’t get distracted and make the mistake of monologuing — which has probably become an even bigger clichŽ than a bad guy actually launching into a monologue. If it showed up in some old ’80s sci-fi action movie, there’s a good chance that writer/IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall and artist Gabriel Rodriguez threw it into their book. Unfortunately, they seemed so concerned with making something that looked cool that they sort of forgot to do anything with the characters, and “Onyx” ends up a floundering, sputtering, and worst of all, boring book.
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There’s a lot of recognizable elements throughout “Onyx.” You have this group of secret military commandoes (a la Predator or Aliens), an insidious parasitic infection (flashes of The Thing), and plenty of heavy artillery. You even have the big bad saying he won’t get distracted and make the mistake of monologuing — which has probably become an even bigger clichŽ than a bad guy actually launching into a monologue. If it showed up in some old ’80s sci-fi action movie, there’s a good chance that writer/IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall and artist Gabriel Rodriguez threw it into their book. Unfortunately, they seemed so concerned with making something that looked cool that they sort of forgot to do anything with the characters, and “Onyx” ends up a floundering, sputtering, and worst of all, boring book.
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