“Yesterday’s” Comic> Fathom: Dawn Of War #0

I’d make a marionette joke but this looks rather gruesome.

Michael Turner’s Fathom: Dawn Of War #0

Aspen Comics (January, 2011 digital copy)

WRITER: J.T. Krul

PENCILER: Talent Caldwell

INKER: Jason Gorder

COLORIST: Christina Strain

LETTERING: Dreamer Design

DIGITAL EDITORS: Frank Mastromauro & Vince Hernandez

Okay, I think we have the order worked out but there might still be hiccups. I’m guessing the guys captures in Fathom: Dawn Of War: Beginnings. They’re taken to a facility in the Arctic, with the leader (I’m really not up on everyone’s names) in a container hooked up to something. One soldier is questioning all the weird stuff that happened lately, but his buddy who got him up there keeps telling him to just follow orders. When one of the other prisoners make a break, the soldier has him at gunpoint and it looks like the prisoner might surrender but General Mayweather, the guy in charge, shoots them both dead, and the soldier’s buddy doesn’t seem to care anymore than Mayweather does. Meanwhile, Kiani is planning to get her people back.

What they got right: I don’t know what happened with the previous stories but it’s clear to tell who the good guys and bad guys are. The art is really good.

What they got wrong: Considering it’s supposed to make you curious what happened in previous stories and what’s coming next, I don’t have anything to really say here.

What I think overall: Already this series is more interesting that The War Between The Land And The Sea, a show with a similar idea but isn’t wrecking a classic sci-fi show’s threats. You might want to read this instead of watching that.