The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of THE
COLONIZED #1 from IDW Publishing. Chris Ryall writes and Drew Moss draws.
Captain Bemis is not having a good day. The planet he’s
surveying is not quite ideal, between the filthy atmosphere and the creature
they’ve pulled up from the surface. And things don’t really get any better once
they land in front of a group of armed natives. But the natives (a bunch of
separatists led by Hux Robinson) don’t react well to the aliens or the zombie
that jumps out of their flying saucer. A strange day indeed.
This is one of those stories where it’s not immediately
obvious who the good guys are. I mean, Hux seems to be one, but he doesn’t
really seem to be in charge (yet). And the aliens seem almost like victims of
circumstance (note the subtle Stooges reference there). It takes a really good
writer to pull that off, too. Fortunately, in my experience Ryall can do it.
And it ought to be a fun ride getting there.
Aliens, zombies, survivalists, and a whole lot of unanswered
questions. A really nice first issue, in other words. I’m going to enjoy this
one, and so should you, if you know what I mean.
THE COLONIZED #1 is available now at your FLCS or by order at
idwpublishing.com.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
