Advance Review: Broken World #1

Writer: Frank J. Barbiere/ Artist: Christopher Peterson /Publisher: Boom! Studios This is an advanced review as the comic will be available June 3, 2015. Some minor spoilers below. Boom! Studios is a comic book publishing company that is home to a handful of my favorite comics which include Help Us Great Warrior and Lumberjanes. It is also home to a new mini-series of the sci-fi genre titled Broken World from the talents of creators Frank J. Barbiere and Christopher Peterson. Now, what’s NOT a major spoiler here? In this book, the world is ending. Time on Earth is quickly coming to an end for a meteor is headed this way and it’s going to wipe life as we know it off the face of the planet. Yes, the proverbial feces is about to hit the fan here for people on Earth. But never fear: the government has been evacuating people left and right and people, well, most people are going to escape this cruel fate. “What would you do if the world was coming to an end and you were left off the list on a lifeboat off this planet?”

Enter Elena Marlowe, our protagonist. She’s a mother. A wife. A teacher….she’s also a woman with a past that has managed to live quietly without raising any red flags. She’s a woman of secrets and she’s trying to die with them. She aims to board a vessel in space to her new life with her husband and son, escaping certain death being left here on Earth. She also aims to escape the madness that will soon come for those unlucky enough to be left behind. Unwilling to…