By Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martins; Image Comics
East
of West is the new Sci-fi infused Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse comic. But in
a world with decades of repetitive Apocalypse X-men stories, complete with
superpowered Horsemen, does the world really need another Four Horseman comic?
Apparently yes. Hickman, Dragotta, and Martins create a Sci-fi, Cyberpunky,
Western world where a meteor strike during the American Civil War (and
concurrent Indian-American Wars) caused a premature armistice between the
various sides. As a result the United States is split between seven nations:
The Union, The Confederacy, The Endless Nation of the American Indians, the
People's Republic (a California settled by exiled Maoists), The Dead Lands of
the meteorite crater, the Kingdom of New Orleans, and, of course, the Republic
of Texas. It is in this fractured America that a cabal of influential leaders
from among the Seven Nations have heard The Message, a prophecy of The
Endtimes, and are actively trying to kick off the Apocalypse. Unfortunately,
they have betrayed Death, one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and he is
aiming to have his vengeance on them all. That is, unless the other Horsemen
can stop him. It's really, really, really good comics. And it’s all execution. Imagine
how good a creator owned comic by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta should be.
Now throw that idea out because, I promise you, East of West is BETTER. It’s
bigger, more fun, smarter, funnier, more badass, and just all around greater
than it has any right to be. I recommend it.
Word Count: 250
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