Cool! A classic title brought back to life. With a cool character, Captain Comet. We start out with 2 awesome covers. One by Shane Davis, and the variant by Neal Adams. Both covers are incredible. Unfortunatly, I can only show you the Shane Davis one. This is written by Jim Starlin, so you just know it's going to be brilliant. Shane Davis also does the interior art, and this guy is really good. It puts you in mind of some early Image comics. You know, back when their artwork was good. Anyways, Captain Comet has taken up residence on Hardcore Station. Do you remember that mini series? This story is an after effect of the Rann/Thannagar war. The Cap was killed out there, but somehow his body made it back to the HCS. The backup story is about the Weird, how about that mini? Do you remember that one? Berni Wrightson drew it. Anyways at the end of the first mini, he was killed, or rather exploded. But of course his consciousness wasn't gone. We get a little explanation into where he came from and what he was up to. We didn't get a whole lot in the first mini. But we find out that his revival is directly linked to the Captain's resurrection. With both stories, you get to see both sides of that encounter. Jim Starlin handles everything in the back up story, and it is breathtaking. They've set a pretty high standard with this first issue. I hope they keep it up through the series. Unfortunately it's only going to be 8 issues. But I'm excited already. Can't wait for the next one.
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