Comic Review: Redshift #1 (Scout Comics)

Writer H. S. Tak and artist Brent McKee (colourist Sebastian Cheng, letterer Joel Rodriguez) launch us in space, in Red Shift #1 from Scout Comics.

The mining outpost at Arcadia Plains, Mars is no great place. Mining is a dangerous job and the crew of abrasive large blue-collar workers is no picnic to be with. And when the Academy announces that miner Hellener Drake has been appointed to travel on an upcoming space voyage, it triggers memories of Hellener’s mother, who died on the exact same mission years earlier. Everyone’s happy for Hellener except him. Hellener is hell-bent on NOT going!

This story has a good dramatic sci-fi concept behind it. It’s full of strong characters and danger. McKee’s art coupled with Cheng’s colouring gives us a highly realistic, believable atmosphere for confrontation and exploration. I’ll be on the lookout on the cosmic horizon for the second issue in August, and maybe I’ll see you looking it up too!

Scout Comics, Red Shift #1, $3.99 for 33 pages of content