This comic album by Warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse and Karl Story initially looks very good. The artwork is of course first class and the start with a laser launched space ship from inside a city and the journey of the main character outward in the solar system towards Europa, with the two space stations in orbit around that moon, is well done in plot and art.
But when we come to the heart of the story, that is what prompts the rush to Europa, it breaks down. The science part, regarding the history of the solar system, isn't well thought out and the threat is both totally unrealistic and quickly finished off.
Or maybe that's not the centre of the comic, but rather the inter-character relationships, with the main plot just a background? Even in that case I can't really say I like it a whole lot.
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