It’s 2007. The Twin Towers are still standing. Thanks to nuclear fires that blazed in 1973, 95 percent of the United States population was killed. A massive nuclear war between the USA and the USSR managed to destroy most of the world as we know it, leaving Africa - namely Sudan - untouched by the devastation.
Diving head first into this alternate reality, we get a small peak of the immense wealth now occupied by one of the most decimated regions of our own reality. Sudanese officials have gone out of their way to contact Zero, a man uniquely adept at traversing the dangerous rubble of Manhattan. They want to retrieve a suitcase full of material traded to them by the struggling US that was stolen from a downed Black Hawk helicopter in one of Manhattan’s most violent locations.
This issue is particularly engrossing because we learn a great amount about the personal motivations and turmoil of Zero. He’s an interesting character study in a fascinating world. By taking the story international in scope, writer Arvid Nelson, artist Matt Camp, and colorist Dave Stewart up the quality ten-fold in Zero Killer #3.
I suggest you check out ZeroKiller.com because understanding the troubled world of this comic book will be a gateway drug into getting addicted to this series.
The 99 strikes again. This was a big week for comics, but the quantity didn’t really live up to the quality. World War Hulk #5 was a stinker, and both modern Avengers books weren’t as great as their other recent issues.
Heroes - Hiro blows shit up, Noah (HRG) torches the future, Nikki channels The Shining, Peter meets Adam, and Parkman hashes out his daddy issues.
Fantastic Four #551 is so uncannily good that I can barely contain my affection for it. Black Panther is back, but it’s T’Challa from 75 years into the future. He’s joined by Namor as he warns the adventurous foursome of something bad they’re about to do. To top it off, they’ve brought along future Dr. Doom.
