Planetoid #5
It’s total war, as Silas and his people battle dozens of the Ono Mao’s metal agents in the fight for their lives and their freedom in a final conflict that will scatter the ground with mechanical parts and stain the dessert floor blood red.
Garing’ s impressive drawings as always, are very impressive with pastel colours with a splash of red for the gruesome human deaths at the hands of mechanical monsters. There’s a 2 page aerial spread that focuses on the bloodshed & mayhem on the battlefield, painstaking details that will make your jaw drop like a sack of hammers.
If I have anything negative to add, is that I felt that the very ending about consumerism & a money obsessed culture was a little heavy handed, but it’s a just a modicum of how I feel for this series.
The Team
Written, illustrated and lettered by Ken Garing. Published by Image Comics.The Pros & Cons
Like a comic from Mark Millar, Planetoid’s long overdue, fifth and final issue is finely here (seriously I thought it would never come out). I shouldn’t be too hard on Ken Garing, I can’t imagine the hard work & pressure when it comes to creating & developing your creator owned mini series, especially when you do all the work. I was looking forward to the conclusion to this wild space cowboy story and although the way it unfolds doesn’t come as much of a surprise, it’s still a very satisfying ending to a terrific slice of sci-fi/fantasy comics.Garing’ s impressive drawings as always, are very impressive with pastel colours with a splash of red for the gruesome human deaths at the hands of mechanical monsters. There’s a 2 page aerial spread that focuses on the bloodshed & mayhem on the battlefield, painstaking details that will make your jaw drop like a sack of hammers.
If I have anything negative to add, is that I felt that the very ending about consumerism & a money obsessed culture was a little heavy handed, but it’s a just a modicum of how I feel for this series.
The Outcome
I’ve said this before in a previous review, if you’re a fan of movies like The Terminator, Mad Max, sci-fi schlock like Spacehunter : Adventures in the Forbidden Zone & Soldier (yeah I know it’s pretty bad, but in a good way) then this series if definitely for you. Get the comics or better yet just wait for the TPB, you won’t regret it. I can’t wait to see what Ken Garing does next. It’s funny, in my review for Planetoid #1 I said to disregard this comic, but I’m glad I gave it another chance. This issue gets an 8 and the entire story arc gets a 9. Click here for my reviews on #1, #2, #3 & #4.A Look Inside
