Over the past few months we’ve been looking at Devil’s Due’s run of Voltron: Defender Of The Universe, their reboot of the classic series. And I have very much enjoyed the series. While it did it’s own thing the tone and spirit of the original series was intact. There was no unnecessary character additions or strange origins, like the Dynamite comics started out with. (You can find those reviews and see why I dropped the title back then. I don’t regret it. I think the classic Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers remake were the only recreated series I enjoyed from Dynamite. And even then Dynamite had basically the same plot every time for BSG while Buck’s stories lost focus near the end of the main series.)
So when I heard the Omnibus had the unpublished issue I stupidly went and bought it despite already having the rest of the series. The question is whether or not the final story was worth this money. SPOILER: Not really, but I’ll get into that. I want to start with a review of the collection itself. The Omnibus collects both of the Voltron: Defender Of The Universe series, both the miniseries (including the #0 preview) and the ongoing (volume 2). But is this collection worth tracking down, or are you better off skipping the final story and just getting the individual issues? Well, it’s partly down to personal preference, but let’s take an actual look for you to judge.
You have to be careful shaking hands with Voltron.
Voltron Complete Omnibus Collection
Devil’s Due (January, 2008)
WRITERS: Marie Croall, Dan Jolley, Mike O’Sullivan, & Mark Waid
PENCILERS: Mark Brooks, Ryan Browne, Clint Hilinski, Alitha Martinez, Mike Norton, Clement Sauve, & E.J. Su
INKER: Clayton Brown (in the issues that actually had an inker listed)
COLORISTS: Barbara Bargiggia, Danimation, Ben Hunzeker, Nate Lovett, Fredierica Manfredi, David Messina, Jeremy Robers, & Brett R. Smith
LETTERING: Crank! & Dreamer Design
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Sean Dove & Mike Norton
EDITORS: Mark Powers & Mike O’Sullivan
PRODUCTION: Jenna Dalgety & Sam Wells
SPECIAL THANKS: Ted Koplar, Tiffany Ilardi, Jeremy Dorray, & Everyone At World Events
