Who is Isaac Buckminster Owens and why didn’t he work more? He opens the issue with this future wasteland story and this female soldier hunting for a tank. The plotting isn’t great—he reveals her goal at page five or six—but his artwork is utterly fantastic. He reminds a little of Cameron Stewart, with some Paul Pope thrown in. He’s just great.
Still, even though writing isn’t Owens’s strength, he’s still a lot better than Amara’s script on The Nevermen. This issue introduces more characters, more unspoken backstories and more nonsense. Davis’s artwork makes me wish Dark Horse had just printed it without the word balloons (it probably would have made more sense). Just some gorgeous art.
Finally, Ragnok ends. Arcudi’s scripting doesn’t get any better and Sook has a full Mignola panel here. I guess the ending is sort of all right. It’s more lame than anything else.
