R.E.B.E.L.S. #4 - DC

The only problem with getting into a brand new series is that you spend the first few issues watching the stories, or characters get put together, or in place. There's been some action in these first couple of issue, and a few pretty cool ideas. However, this issue didn't have a whole lot going on. We find out some more information about Maltus. We found out last issue that is was Starro that had taken over the planet and therefore LEGION. However, we found this out by accident. The Omega men had gone there to wreak some havoc with LEGION, when they find out that the whole planet is under Starro's influence. This issue they spend their time trying to run from him, it (?), and really . . that's about the extent of the action. The rest of it is spent with Vril Dox starting to put his new team together. So far he's got Wildstar, his first choice, Strata and Bounder. It's not overly impressive, but . . it's a start. We also find out that the Khund empire is currently being run by a psychopathic shape-shifter from Durla, Ciji. I'm not sure why that's important, but I'm sure it'll play into the story somewhere along the line. And the issue ends when Vril goes to Maltus, to find out what's going on, but it's space, the Xylon Expanse, is being invaded by an army of aliens. Oh yeah, and guess who saved the Omega Men from Starro? It was their good friends the Psions. Talk about going from the frying pan to the fire. This is an interesting series. I'm sure it's all going to pay off here pretty soon. I just didn't find this particular issue all that exciting. But, like I said, that's the problem sometimes with a new series . . there's ups and downs. Unfortunately without it, you don't get the proper character development. So I'll just look at this issue for what it is . . a lot of information and some pretty cool ideas. By the way it was brought to us by Tony Bedard and Claude St. Aubin. Claude's art looked pretty cool actually. He did a good job of portraying all these various aliens. We'll see what happens next issue.