sci-fi Archives

X-O Manowar #17 cover by Lewis Larosa and Diego Rodriguez
I'm still a little off-put by this fairly dry and straightforward historical fiction being dropped into this otherwise high sci-fi title, and it's nakedly a holding pattern while Harbinger Wars II finishes up. It's not badly-written; Matt Kindt is as talented as ever Aric isn't an especially interesting character in this tale He's single-mindedly searching for[...]
Rick and Morty #40 cover by Marc Ellerby and Sarah Stern
He can't handle the killing anymore. Rick and Morty #40 cover by Marc Ellerby and Sarah Stern Rick and Morty #40 puts our heroes into a subgenre of action/sci-fi (like the Purge episode) to confront one of the most ubiquitous and now-tired jokes of the series: Pickle Rick. This comic essentially has one last blowout of Pickle Rick-style[...]
Beyonders #1 cover by Wesley St. Claire
Claire Beyonders #1 marries teen angst and X-Files, as the story is just as interested in the conspiracy theory material as it is showing that Jake is super-smart, unmotivated, and disinterested in the mundanities of life. The comic has two issues to surmount: overcoming the conspiracy-focused sci-fi/fantasy formula and making Jake not look like a underappreciative little[...]