Good story, great art! I love the classic golden age sci-fi flavour this series has. It's like Flash Gordon meets Johnny Quest but with Aliens or Firefly level stakes. Beautiful colours and a terrifying monster are always a good call!

Some of the art felt rushed which pulled me out of the story. The art generally is really good but there were a few panels that I felt didn't live up to the rest of the book. but despite the art's high quality, most of the splash pages lacked any lettering (dialogue/sound effects) which left the page feeling strangely empty to me. As well, there were entire scenes which felt out of place leaving zero impact on the story or climax.

I want to like this book more than I did, but I just can't justify 4 stars. Maybe 3.5. This is not a new reader friendly book. I recommend going back and catching up before picking this up, as I didn't know who some of the characters were and I wanted to know more about others. I love a good sci-fi adventure and I'll be reading the next book in the series, but there's room for improvement.