Aliens and humans face certain doom, unless they join forces … or can they?
Creative Staff:
Writer: Joe Brusha
Artwork Vincenzo Riccardi
What They Say:
When a meteor carrying the Zombie virus hits Earth, it triggers the potential end of mankind. The last chance for humanity is a spacecraft full of alien scientists tasked with tracking the interstellar virus; one that has wiped out many other planets. What will happen when humans must team with aliens to survive the zombie apocalypse?
Content (please note that portions of a review may contain spoilers):
Captain Nova and her crew must now fight what they have faced before, the menace of a population of zombies. But this time, it is not their home worlds, but Earth. They must push forward, but what will they do when they find survivors? As they press onward, a small girl is found screaming for her mother while being chased by the undead. The Captain remembers her own planet and how it was occupied by these creatures and bravely rushes into the mob, slaughtering all standing before her. Soon after wards, the child finds her parent and the team follow them to an abandoned warehouse.
Once inside, they meet up with a band of humans, who are hiding from the horrors outside. After they are faced down by the aliens’ superior abilities, Nova persuades them that they can help each other if they can find the modules carrying the cure that they had originally had planned to release into the atmosphere. However, they cannot do so without the transmitter to broadcast the release signal. Luckily, the humans know where it fell and agree to lead them to the impact site.
In Summary:
This is series starting to feel like an episode of The Walking Dead or any other horror movie/TV show/video game of this genre. But instead of having human survivors, add aliens to the mix then substitute the main group of hunters for the aliens; as for the plot, have them find some of the planet’s inhabitants and ask them for help to find the item/character of the week. Rinse and repeat for the next issue? Hopefully not! Joe Brusha may have thought he could capitalise off the current trend by making a comic in the same mood as the popular show and relating it with a space theme, but with the cookie cutter characters – everything is very predictable!
The one good thing of using this formula is that Riccardi‘s art style translates well into the show’s format: wide screen pan shots, gripping close ups and a dramatic cliffhanger closing frame. He does it so well, that you feel like you’re watching an episode of the show instead of reading a comic. Too bad that the material is so derivative that you already know what will happen next; his work is wasted on this series.
I am sorry to say I am not looking forward to the next issue, since with the synopsis, we already know what will happen – you just need to fill in the gaps.
Grade: C
Rating: 16+
Released By: Zenescope
Release Date: August 26th, 2015
MSRP: $3.99
