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Writer: Robert Love & David Walker
Art: Robert Love
Colors: Brennan Wagner
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $3.99
If you have ever believed the expression, “It’s not what’s on the outside, but what’s on the inside that counts,” then Number 13 will prove you wrong.
Robert Love and David Walker’s post-apocalyptic tale takes place 60 years in the future. The Monstrum Morbus plague has virtually wiped out the human race and in its place are the “fected” and “mune.”
This book wastes no time in getting to the good stuff.
A band of fected stumble across a little boy with the number 13 stamped on the side of his head and a device in his chest similar to Tony Stark’s arc reactor.
Once #13 is re-activated, he not only shows off his unique abilities, but a signal is sent to a secret laboratory where his creator, a scientist called Father, becomes aware of #13’s re-activation and sends out a search party to find him.
Robert Love not only writes a good story but also draws an excellent one at that. The depictions and character work pop in every panel and Brennan Wagner’s color treatment put it over the top. Definitely, this is the best artwork of the week. It’s funny how things work out sometimes.
Just like in the X-Men universe, where humans hate mutants, the mune hate the fected and are in a similar battle but the biggest casualty, so far, is the world we know.
Bottom line, this comic book is a perfect example of good science fiction as it will captivate every fiber of your imagination.
Grade: A
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