A review by ljrinaldi
Orphans Vol. 1: The Beginning by Roberto Recchioni

3.0

This started out well enough. One fifth of the world is wiped out by something alien, and children are left behind without parents, thus they are orphans, which the army picks up and trains. We follow a group of those children found in Spain, of which one is a) a girl and b) an American. She is the only girl in the group. They are then dumped “Lord of the Flies” style, somewhere that they have to find their way out of, on their own.

That was the start, and for that, I would have given this whole volume four stars. But from there, the kids are put into the military, and it kind of goes downhill from there. Bang bang, shoot shoot, and no more character development. I know, I know, action and adventure graphic novels aren’t about character development, and such, but that is what I read them for. I have never been too interested in the bang bang, hit hit side of comic books and graphic novels.

So, if that is what you enjoy, the action, then this would probably work for you. And who know, perhaps volume two will see more of these characters developed.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.