Broken World #2 Review

Writer: Frank J. Barbiere/ Artist: Christopher Peterson Colorist: Marissa Louise /Publisher: Boom! StudiosIf you need to refreshen your mind on issue one, go ahead and do so here. Hello those who made it to issue two of this fantastic little miniseries that has really grabbed my attention and held on. Elena, the woman of some serious, serious secrets has been left behind on Earth, separated from her family. She was snatched away on blast off day on her way to the rocket that had one sole purpose: to save most but not all of humanity from a cruel and terrible fate–demise by an asteroid…which he saw in the last pages completely missed Earth and went elsewhere. In this issue we see the comic starting to show us just why it deserves its name: Broken World.

The aftermath includes people using legal suicide kits as part of the apocalyptic religion-cult leaving their children behind to find their bodies, Folks breaking into houses leaving people to defend themselves and even those blissfully celebrating in the streets with elaborate parties to soon be desperate for supplies and desperate for whatever they can take by any means necessary…

This is a Broken World. Not one that Elena wants any part of.

The time hops are presented with care and it flows smoothly showing us a glimpse of this world five days after expected impact of the asteroid to three months, etc. We are given a look into the lives of the people left behind: some are celebrating, spilling out into the streets w…