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Honorable Mention: Robotech #1 Review **Spoilers**

Written by: Brian Wood Art: Marco Turini Colors: Marco Lesko Letterer: John Workman Release Date: August 2, 2017 Publisher: Titan Comics Review by: Ryan Douglas

Robotech has been put in comic form prior to this new series. But this is my first experience reading the property in this format. I came from loving the cartoon growing up and recently binged the entire 85 episode season in four blocks. So I was jazzed to see Brian Wood’s take on this property. Going into the debut, I’m hoping to get the nostalgia feel of the show, while getting a new chapter in the Robotech saga. Let’s get into this and see what Brian Wood serves up.

Opening the issue is the crash landing of the alien technology into Macross Island. Which will be developed into the Robotechnology. Ground Zero over the span of ten years, will evolve from a remote island to becoming Macross City, a populated city built around the Alien ship shrine.

We get an introduction to the cast of characters we’ll be following throughout the series. The sequences play’s from the tv series and continues its adaptation vibe. From there introducing the invasion of the Zentradi army, turning Macross City into a war zone.

When Rick Hunter enters the Macross City unannounced, he’s escorted to the base to have words with his brother, Lieutenant Roy Fokker. It’s not the welcoming he expected, after his brother places in a holding area. But once the attack came, Rick wiggled out of those handcuffs to join the fight. Attempting to control a Veritech, we get the famed scene of Lisa Hayes giving Rick tips on how to use the mech. Switching the Veritech to ground support, Rick finds himself with Minmei, standing off against the fifty-foot tall Zentradi pilot.

If you had never watched the TV, this would be the perfect introduction to the Robotech franchise. But long time fans were probably expecting a new approach. The issue, for the most part, plays out the first episode the US series. I got all the nostalgia from reading this issue, getting to revisit scenes that were memorable to my childhood was pleasant to read. Brian Wood gives fans of the franchise a throwback introduction. The problem is I know how the story plays out, I’d rather pay my Netflix bill and binge the series again. I’m going to give the series a chance to flip the script and hopefully differentiate itself from what came before.

The art in no way is bad and doesn’t stick to original animation style. But with the nostalgic feel of the story, it could’ve better fitting to stick to the source. With a couple of off putting faces from Claudia Grant and Rick Hunter’s portrayal as Tom Cruise getting off the set of Top Gun, the revised character designs work. All the mech suits and background art look great and are the eye candy of the book.

6.3/10

This review was originally posted on the WeirdScienceDC site.

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HONORABLE MENTION: SECRET WEAPONS #1 REVIEW

Writer: Eric Heisserer Artists: Raul Allen, Patricia Martin Letterer: Patricia Martin Cover Artist: Raul Allen Cover Price: $3.99 NCBD: 6/28/17 Publisher: @valiantentertainment Review by: Ryan Douglas 

Secret Weapons has been on my radar for awhile now. When the news was released Arrival screenwriter was joining Valiant, I was pretty jazzed. Arrival was one of my favorite films of last year, which spiked my hype around this book even more. This should be a great jumping on point, introducing new characters and a new story in the Valiant mythos. The train is leaving folks, let’s get into it.

There’s a secret organization looking to collect these select few runaway psiot’s we meet throughout the issue. The organization seem to have their own predator like psiot, Rex-O to track them. We see a taste of what Rex-O is capable of before it goes off on her mission. Livewire during this is there to give us an emotional backstory on how our new characters arrived on the scene. With several intriguing introduction scenes to the characters and grasp of each of their own very, very unique abilities. The psiot hunter makes contact and the chase begins. Overpowered by the villainous psiot and close to being decapitated, they're able to get away with the help of Livewire. Our issue ends where two of our characters Nicole and Owen are lead to an abandoned building, where Livewire is waiting to properly introduce herself and begin to build the foundation of the Secret Weapons team.  

This was an enjoyable read and did everything a first issue should do. Each character introduction was natural and shows the reader these aren’t your god-like beings who you would take to fight a war. These characters remind you if special abilities were a real thing, they wouldn’t be as cool as you may think. Some people may easily be able to compare them to Inhumans. But their emotional backstory is what separates them from superheroes you’re familiar with. That’s where Eric Heisserer shows his talents of getting the reader attached to the characters we’ll be following. The issue had a great overall flow to get everyone on board. My only nitpick, at points during the action scenes, the dialogue felt unnatural and felt out of place from the rest of the issue. I have no gripes with the artwork here, it enhances my enjoyment of the issue. Overall, great start to kick off the mini-series and I’m excited to ride this out.

8/10

This review was originally posted on the WeirdScienceDC comics website.