Writer: Peter David
Artist: Johnny Desjardins
Colorist: Mohan
Letter: Taylor Esposito
When I found out here was going to be a Battlestar Crossover I thought ‘Great! More Classic BattleStar,’ at least. Peter David writing is a major plus for me.
I have to admit I am a major fan of the original. The newer version was okay, but the way they ended the series killed it completely.
No matter which series you prefer (or both for some), I can almost guarantee this first issue is not going to be what you expect. It’s sure as FRACK wasn’t anything like I thought it would be.
Straight to the point, this first issue is Classic Hour, with the New Battlestar not even touched upon until the last page. As the story goes in this first issue, it seems like what is happening in the Classic BSG leads to involving the new BSG.
How? That’s not completely clear, and maybe by design. It is Peter David writing after all, he almost always delivers in the end.
This issues features two ‘Chapters,’ the first one dealing with the Galactica, but with the Pegasus and the legendary Commander Cain. This is the part that seems to put everything in motion, as Commander Cain answers a call for help from a strange and unique planet, and finds someone waiting that may change everything.
Someone who knows who he is and the search for Earth.
A True Cylon!
In Chapter Two we join the Galactica as it is attacked by a new form of Cylon Raiders, who quickly flee with the appearance of an radiation anomaly that turns into a wormhole that swallows the Galactica.
Some people may be disappointed that this isn’t a Star-Shattering first issue that redefines everything about both BSGs. Get over yourselves. This issues does what it is supposed to do, set the stage for what is to come, wet our appetite and makes us ask: What The Hell?
Better yet, it makes us want an answer to that question.
The script is tight and well done. My only complaint is some of the dialogue feels more New BSG then Classic.
Johnny Desjardins art is nice, but doesn’t really work as well as I would like. It feels to bombastic and overboard and remind me of early 90’s McFarlane. To me, the characters don’t look like their actor counterparts, in fact sometime they look much bigger.
Commander Cain looks nothing like Lloyd Bridges did, for example.
FINAL THOUGHT:
Overall a solid read. I’m looking forward to where this is going.
RATING: 6.5
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