TITAN COMICS – @ComicsTitan
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Brian Wood
ART: Marco Turini
COLORS: Marco Lesko
LETTERS: John Workman
COVER: David Nakayama
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Karl Kerschl; Blair Shedo
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2017)
Titan Comics is currently publishing a new comic book series based on “Robotech” the 85-episode American animated television series, originally syndicated to U.S. back in the mid-1980s. The new Robotech, which is a slight reboot of the franchise, is written by Brian Wood; drawn by Marco Turini; colored by Marco Lesko, and lettered by John Workman.
Robotech begins when a giant extraterrestrial vehicle crash lands on Macross Island in the South Pacific. The people of Earth adapt the vessel's alien technology, which they call “Robotechnology,” including harnessing the alien vehicle, now called the Super Dimension Fortress (SDF-1). It is the epicenter of “The Robotech Project” and of the city built around it, Macross City. The arrival of an alien armada in the solar system forces the SDF-1 to initiate a “space fold” transporting it and a chunk of Macross City to the edge of the solar system.
Robotech #3 finds SDF-1 Captain Henry Gloval and his crew bringing the people and some of the infrastructure of Macross City unto the ship. Rick Hunter and Lynn Minmei, who were on a part of Macross City caught in the space fold, are trapped deep in the bowels of the SDF-1. Tired of eating rations while they wait for rescue, the duo tries something new. Meanwhile, the alien armada tracks the SDF-1 believing that humans don't really understand the technology in their possession.
Robotech #1 was a fantastic first issue, and the second issue was not a let down. Robotech #3 begins the process of impressing upon readers that this new Robotech comic book is not a fluke. Brian Wood digs deep into the characters, and reveals a Lynn Minmei who is a modern woman, a leap from the being the waif and object of desire. Captain Gloval and Roy Fokker are edgier, and Lisa Hayes and Claudia Grant, well... there's something more to them than they had before.
Even Marco Turini's art and storytelling suggest that this Robotech is something new. Turini is visualizing space opera that recalls the SciFi Channel's mid-aughts take on “Battlestar Galactica” without loosing heart of Robotech; yeah, it's still a little cute. My only complaint is that no single issue of Robotech is enough for me. Can't wait for issue four – fanboy out.
9 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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