Death Orb Volume 1

by Alejandro Aragon, Ryan Ferrier, Chris O'Halloran (Illustrator)

Overview

Explore an American wasteland full of strange science, mutant biker gangs, and mysterious death cults determined to rebuild the world in their image. An ax-wielding warrior chops a righteous path through biker assassins and mech-suited mutants in a desperate search for his abducted wife and son. A mix between Akira and Mad Max: Fury Road with hints of Terminator brought to you by Alejandro Aragon (28 Days Later, Robocop) and Ryand Ferrier (D4VE, TMNT: Dimension X, Kong On The Planet of The Apes).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506708584
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	80 MB
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About the Author

Alejandro Aragon is an illustrator known for 28 Days Later, Overlook, RoboCop, Eve: True Stories, Out of the Blue, and Deadlands.

Editorial Reviews

05/13/2019

A rote futuristic action adventure, this collection reads like the daydreams of a metalhead and follows a biker known as The Rider as he travels a dystopian American wasteland in search of his kidnapped pregnant wife, leaving a trail of gory mayhem in his wake. Society persists in cities governed by the Lords, a religious order that blends faith with science, their efforts overseen by the megalomaniacal Father, who plots the destruction of humanity in order to rebuild it. His master plan, “The Great Impact,” involves dropping a massive satellite—the death orb of the title—onto the planet, thus ensuring an extinction-level event. He is opposed by a gang of outlaws and dissent from within his own ranks. The Rider joins the outlaws and their plan to rescue a psychic child who knows the location of Father’s temple city, which they must reach in order to bomb it into oblivion. The creative team trots out a catalogue of sketchily rendered postapocalyptic tropes that’s visually equal parts Mad Max, Blade Runner, and Akira; though they nod to their influences, they don’t do them justice in panels that at times look unfinished or rushed. Give this one a pass. (June)

Publishers Weekly