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Welcome to the year of 2024, and the first comic review of the New Year. Paklis Issue #0, is a group of stories all in one. The creative team behind this, are creators, Allan Warner and D.J. Bryant, and Dustin Weaver. The art and cover are also created by Dustin Weaver.
This comic starts off with a story called ‘Rat Bastard’ part one, and this story was interesting. The setting was about rats who seem to live like how humans live, going places and also getting to some trouble. What I love about this first story was the dialogue between the main two rat characters. It kind of gave me a mob-type vibe to the story. Following that was the second part, where the rat characters ventured on to other tasks, and again the communication and art was easily lots of fun to read.
The third story was called Seventeen, which has two characters talking back and forth about this one girl, the boy had liked. It kind of turns into some type of philosophical conversation about life. It seems like there was a lot of knowledge about life from Jesse, who talked to his friend about the future. Perhaps this was a conversation that was had in real life.
Hiro: My Old Flame, is a superhero tale. It kind of reminds me a bit of a Guardians of the Galaxy feel, with everyone working together. It was really fun to read, again the write of the dialogue made it fast-pace, and it kept me as the reader interested. The fun part was reading at the end that the writer intended to have more story than what is shown.
MorphMan reminds me of KiteMan from the show Invincible. MorphMan has so many abilities, and there is so much going on. MorphMan also makes me thinks of other science-fictional characters, and are robots programmed to do certain tasks. This story was awesome, because of the high-speed chase.
TechWolves is an interesting short story as well. Following alongside of MorphMan, it’s a futuristic world that are battling aliens, and all sorts of villains. I like how the writer’s imagination kind of takes off, and there is so much to explore in this futuristic world.
Starcross is just as the writer’s notes says: it’s like Star Wars. Compelling storytelling set in the background of Space, makes me think of all the space adventures. I think that Starcross had a mission to tell a space odyssey story, with a hint of elements of fantasy world-building.
Last story was Bluebirds, about a teamup between a woman and an alien, on a quest. The setting was in New Vegas, a new world that they are exploring. They get into a bit of a mishap, and they need to help save each other. Again, just like the story with Rats, the aliens are much like portrayed like humans.
All of these stories are very diverse in their storytelling. It is a lot to read, but it gives different stories surrounding different characters.