DoesDays Missing , the newfangled comical book from Roddenberry Productions , live up to the mellow points of Gene Roddenberry ’s bequest on the original Star Trek ? Well , almost … if only we had a better idea of what was really going on .
There ’s a lot of electric potential in the hatchway of daytime Missing , but there ’s also a nagging touch sensation that that ’s all it is : potentiality . Do n’t get me incorrect ; the way out reads and looks – especially looks , with some awe-inspiring art from Frazer Irving – all right , and there ’s enough of a plot in there to make it a fulfilling “ done - in - one ” fib . What there is n’t , however , is enough of an insertion to the overall concept of the series , and that want of introduction , of explanation , interpret the flood tide of the issue as frustratingly confusing as it is tantalizingly mysterious .
What we do get , however , is a story tell from the point of prospect of a man whose name may or may not be Steward – who is both immortal and most likely not a man at all , but some kind of supernatural personnel or entity that appear in moments of evolutionary importance – that is n’t really about Steward but about the direction that various mass oppose to a viral outbreak that could destroy the earth , and the price paid for a curative . As befits the Roddenberry name , there ’s a sure Star Trek episode quality about it , with moral dilemma work in part by deus ex machinas in gild to complete everything in the allotted running game sentence , but with enough inculpate or leave undetermined to leave behind some food for thought for opinion , as well .
In some ways , I wish there had been more blank available for the storey , which could ’ve easily make full another issue of the same length . As well as it is , Phil Hester ’s writing – Steward ’s purple prose story ( even though it ’s fitting , given the probable pretension of an immortal ) aside – feels almost cramped and rushed at times , and I would ’ve like to have seen more time spend with the doctors and scientists looking for a cure in ordering to give the closure some more weight . The speed , and style , of the writing are very remindful of an hour - long television drama : Slick , voguish but full of citizenry telling you that everything ’s important instead of you feeling that for yourself .
It ’s a beneficial thing , then , that Irving ’s art is so strong ; what Hester does n’t have sentence for , Irving is able-bodied to at least hint at , whether it ’s with the acting of the characters or his impressive ( and atmospheric ) colouration selection . The art raises the piece of writing astonishingly in theatrical role , chip in flashbacks an epic sweep that is otherwise missing , and make Steward an unworldly outsider rather of just the surly emo teller he could ’ve been in other hand . In a al-Qur’an that ’s well - done and professional , Irving is easily the MVP .
Overall , it ’s a nice , if frustrating , opener . If this was a television show , without a month between episodes or a $ 3.99 price shred each time , I ’d be much more enthusiastic , but as it is … ? I ’ll by all odds be pick up the second issue , but doing so trust for more than I got this time around – More to Steward ’s use in the high-minded scheme of thing , by all odds , but also more to the meat of the story that he ’ll have stepped into , as well . An apocalyptically bad pestis is a good start , but what else is there ?
24-hour interval Missing # 1 is released to comic book stores today . Here ’s a preview of what you ’ll see in the opening :
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