Comics! Spaceman #5

Spaceman #5

Azzarello and Risso

The Solicitation
The epic new series from the team who brought you 100 BULLETS continues! Orson is in way over his head, trying to do right in a world gone wrong. Now, a mysterious man from his past is about to make things much, much worse.

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The Story
Orson tries to take the kidnapped child into friendly territories, and it backfired. The cliffhanger from last issue is resolved quickly, but the trio of would be kidnappers keep on the trail. They use a version of Twitter to make it a game to track Orson. Instead of Orson, they find another Spaceman.

Meanwhile some producers of the TV show are trying to track down the kidnapping and make some ratings out of it. Then they realize that they have a Spaceman mixed in with the situation, which is apparently not too good.

This story is told in the typical Azzarello style, meaning that you have to be very familiar with the characters and story that is going on or you'll need to go back and re-read it. This will be much better when it has multiple issues in a row to deal with.

Knowing Azzarello's style, it makes me wonder how he is going to be writing the Watchmen prequel books. His style can be good, but I think his sense of minimalism writing is going to be an interesting way to deal with the Watchmen books.

The Art
It's Risso, on par with what else he has done art for. Love it, or hate it. I personally like it.

The Cover
Kinda cool with the sketchy-ness around the bottom half. I wonder why this wasn't done with the other outer areas of the cover. Not too interesting, and probably the weakest cover of the series so far.

Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 9/10
Recommend: Only if you have the previous four issues.
Buy Next Issue: Only four more to go, and the series has been enjoyable so far. Sticking with it until the end.

Previous Issues
Spaceman #4
Spaceman #1-#3