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Inhumans
Lunar Part 1
1/JUNE/2003
Publisher: Marvel / Tsunami
Writer: Sean McKeever
Pencils: Matthew Clark
Inks: Nelson
Colors: Dave Kemp / Avalon Studios
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Price: $2.50 US/R29.00 SA
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I never intended to follow this series when it was originally solicited
as it looked like a comeback of an old and essentially dull series.
After all this is the beginning of volume six for
the Inhumans title and anything cancelled or tried five times without
any major success to date probably won’t last very long in
today’s comics market.
The Inhumans live as a society apart, far from earth on the moon.
As a young man San reaches the age of change where
all Inhumans go through a process called Terrigenesis
and are transformed into their true forms. San
expects to turn into a mighty warrior like his father, but alas
he must now face life as a lowly artist.
The first thing that struck me after finishing this issue was how
gripping the story was. I have never read any of the previous incantations
of the Inhumans, bar a few appearances in a Fantastic Four comic
or two, and so the concept and story really had me engrossed. This
is a refreshing and original look at ‘Superheroes’
and a nugget of gold amongst the endless tide of
rubbish coming to us via the Tsunami line of comics. The narrative
is thoroughly enjoyable as a coming of age story and an explanation
of how the Inhuman society is structured. It ends with a great hook
and I’m definitely in for issue number two.
The art by Mathew Clark is very solid and it has
a huge amount of imagination in the area of character design. The
city on the moon, Attilan, is well designed and the mixture of technology
and classical sci-fi architecture is nicely done. The thing that
stands out in the art is most definitely the character and
costume design, they are both weird and wonderful
and portray the assorted mix of race and caste that permeates
through the Inhuman culture.
A thoroughly enjoyable read which promises to be
a great title for Tsunami. Hopefully the book will stay this good,
but for now enjoy the original art and story that is the Inhumans.
Score 9/10
Reviewed By:Iain Duncan
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