“Yesterday’s” Comic: Comics’ Greatest World: Hero Zero

“Last time I watch a Dragon Tales marathon with a high fever.”

Comics’ Greatest World: Hero Zero

Dark Horse (September, 1993)

The explanation is going to take longer than the review and I haven’t picked up many of either title involved but here it goes. “Comics’ Greatest World” is Dark Horse’s superhero universe. “Hero Zero” is one of the characters in that universe. Best I can tell, it’s story of a kid named David who, bearing a similarity to Ultraman, can turn into the giant Hero Zero, with the being Zero as his mentor. Zero protects Cinnabar Flats, Nevada from I guess various things that get out of a local military base that houses weird paranormal stuff, including a vortex that is at the heart of this story.

The prologue is just some stone guy waking up and being killed somehow by the military guarding it. I’m guessing that may be connected to the storyline (this was the story for the second week of Comics’ Greatest World). What I do know is that the main story appears to be unrelated. A bunch of guys using…magic I guess, breaks into the Cinnabar Flats military base hunting an unknown person. During the attack they stumble upon the vortex and release a Chinese-style dragon, bringing David and Hero Zero to stop him. Except it turns out to be five small creatures who run off before Hero Zero can go after them. So the duo turn their attention to the base.

This is short, which shouldn’t be surprising for a $1 book even in 1993. The art is good and so is the action. I have heard about Hero Zero and want to get more comics if they exist but all I have is this one and a Godzilla crossover that will come up soon enough, either in the crossover reviews or the Wednesday Godzilla, depending on where it is in my longboxes. I do like the concept but I really want to learn more.

It’s tough for me to recommend this one way or the other. It’s a cheap (depending on what it goes for NOW) look into one of their comics and you get what you pay for but you may learn if you want to read more with these characters.