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Blade Runner: Origins
Blade Runner: Orígenes, Vol. 3: En Llamas
CONCLUYE LA HISTORIA DE LA CREACIÓN DE LOS BLADE RUNNERS Los Ángeles, 2009. Ilora Stahl, ejecutiva de la Tyrell Corporation, ha iniciado una brutal cacería de replicantes en el Sector-6B en su intento por eliminar al prototipo de Nexus 5 rebelde que les está haciendo “despertar”. En medio del fuego cruzado, el detective de la policía de Los Ángeles Cal Moreaux lucha por salvar las calles en las que creció con la ayuda de replicantes, ciudadanos y una exinvestigadora de la Tyrell Corporation. Descubre los secretos tras la creación de la unidad Blade Runner en este trepidante volumen final de BLADE RUNNER ORÍGENES.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published September 20, 2022
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August 26, 2022
Review for the whole series
I love Blade Runner as much as the next guy. Maybe even more. But this series doesn’t keep up the promises the title let hope for.
The plot is so poorly handled it hurts: Narration is confused and confusing (to have 3 characters with white crewcuts doesn’t help btw) with too many dialogues (some sounding phony). Some long scenes are utterly useless (Ilona’s flashback stands out in that regard) and transitions are all shot to hell. I didn’t even clearly understand Cal’s actions at the end and the twist with the Nexus 5’s identity was contrived as fuck.
I actually wondered if K. Perkins had ever written other comics or if it was her first series. Apparently not but she doesn’t have many under the belt either and she clearly needs to hone her writing skills.
Art is mostly good but neither amazing nor flawless. Colors help a great deal in setting an atmosphere close to Ridley Scott’s movie.
So these origins kinda jumped the gun and are a disappointment as far as I’m concerned.
I love Blade Runner as much as the next guy. Maybe even more. But this series doesn’t keep up the promises the title let hope for.
The plot is so poorly handled it hurts: Narration is confused and confusing (to have 3 characters with white crewcuts doesn’t help btw) with too many dialogues (some sounding phony). Some long scenes are utterly useless (Ilona’s flashback stands out in that regard) and transitions are all shot to hell. I didn’t even clearly understand Cal’s actions at the end and the twist with the Nexus 5’s identity was contrived as fuck.
I actually wondered if K. Perkins had ever written other comics or if it was her first series. Apparently not but she doesn’t have many under the belt either and she clearly needs to hone her writing skills.
Art is mostly good but neither amazing nor flawless. Colors help a great deal in setting an atmosphere close to Ridley Scott’s movie.
So these origins kinda jumped the gun and are a disappointment as far as I’m concerned.
January 16, 2023
And so this 3 part series draws to a close and I have to say that with a surprising and effective conclusion (unless of course they decide to restart it that is).
Any series which acts as either and official or unofficial prequal has to face the fact that when it ends the more famous story begins and yet with this story there are still plenty of surprises to be had as well as the trade mark action.
I will admit that I didnt see the ending coming although now it makes perfect sense and for that I must add my voice to the chorus of praise that this series has collected. Very much worth reading for any Blade Runner fan
Any series which acts as either and official or unofficial prequal has to face the fact that when it ends the more famous story begins and yet with this story there are still plenty of surprises to be had as well as the trade mark action.
I will admit that I didnt see the ending coming although now it makes perfect sense and for that I must add my voice to the chorus of praise that this series has collected. Very much worth reading for any Blade Runner fan
January 26, 2023
Ooo I like this ending a lot actually. These books have all had middle book syndrome but good payoff, for the most part now. We see how the first blade runner was created and why, lots of lore added to the universe with this one, in particular. It’s a fairly clever execution, because we know the system is broken based on all the other stuff, so it has to be something with holes in it. I think the writer did a good job with it.
April 18, 2023
This volume really suffered from kicking off with a chaotic and interminable shootout, then recovers somewhat with the interplay of the Tyrell Executive and the first Blade Runner.
April 29, 2023
Loved them all!
Captures the feel of the original Blade Runner movie. Onto Black Lotus next, Volume 1 and Season 1 on Prime Video.
Captures the feel of the original Blade Runner movie. Onto Black Lotus next, Volume 1 and Season 1 on Prime Video.
February 1, 2023
It was O.K., but nothing to write home about.
September 29, 2025
3.5⭐️/5⭐️
February 27, 2023
Blader Runner: Origins lives up to the subtitle as this third volume in the prequel series sees the establishment of the Blade Runners. Cal and his vast network of replicant and non-replicant allies also battle Ilora in the streets, which presents many opportunities for Fernando Dagnino's great artwork to shine.
Then there's a twisty ending as the authors mop up after the battle. This whole Origins series has been fine, but so, so hard to follow. Too many similar characters performing similar functions. Easily the weakest of the Blade Runner series, though this third volume is adequately understandable. Coming on the heels of the incoherent second volume, though, it's hard to recommend the series as a whole.
Then there's a twisty ending as the authors mop up after the battle. This whole Origins series has been fine, but so, so hard to follow. Too many similar characters performing similar functions. Easily the weakest of the Blade Runner series, though this third volume is adequately understandable. Coming on the heels of the incoherent second volume, though, it's hard to recommend the series as a whole.
December 13, 2022
A desperate plan to give the future a slight chance of survival. Looking for a sign of when empathy will take over.
June 20, 2022
I'm not sure they stick the landing. I'm not upset about the resolution but the build is really in the second volume, not here. Maybe this should have been shorter. Really liked all the characters, except when the drag character stops doing drag because life is a drag ... Otherwise, not all the ends are tied up so. .. season 2?
November 5, 2022
Beautiful illustrations, I really liked the dystopian world and the characters, but because I haven't read vol1 and vol2 I was not able to grasp the whole story that was going on there. It has plenty of fight scenes and is full of action.
September 10, 2026
This last issue in the series was definitely the weakest. It felt like they contrived a few situations to shoehorn a message into the story, like “If you don’t accept us, you can get out” and “we need to start a revolution.” I felt like I was reading a political message more than a comic, but against what, I’m not sure… soulless companies, I guess.
Honestly, it’s a really disappointing addition to the Blade Runner universe, mostly because it kind of breaks the whole idea of the “blade runner” initiative. See, in the origin novels, Blade Runners exist because despite laws forbidding replicants on Earth, there are replicants on earth. Some are escapees of the space wars, like Roy and the crew from the original film, but others are seeded into society by the evil corporation Tyrell. As such, there are bounty hunter police officers that hunt and kill them.
HOWEVER, in this series, the supposed origin is Tyrell itself, and mostly to be able to suppress revolution from replicants who want to stick it to the man. So, to combat this, Cal sets himself up to choose Blade Runners who are people who want revolution, counteracting Tyrell’s initiative… this is overly complex and entirely unnecessary. Why go through all that trouble? And I mean, why would Tyrell go through all that trouble? It makes a lot more sense to consider that Tyrell is evil and the Blade Runners stand up against them. This whole extra layer just adds confusing complexity that doesn’t even make sense for the company’s objectives…
ALSO, the premise set up in this is that Blade Runners go through an altered version of the Voight-Kampff test to find out if they have the revolutionary spirit… but again, that doesn’t make any sense. The Voight-Kampff test measures empathy, which the replicants lack, and therefore exposes them. I have no idea how this modified version would show “revolutionary tendencies”… besides, that would also make them a bad blade runner, so…
Yeah, really disappointed.
Honestly, it’s a really disappointing addition to the Blade Runner universe, mostly because it kind of breaks the whole idea of the “blade runner” initiative. See, in the origin novels, Blade Runners exist because despite laws forbidding replicants on Earth, there are replicants on earth. Some are escapees of the space wars, like Roy and the crew from the original film, but others are seeded into society by the evil corporation Tyrell. As such, there are bounty hunter police officers that hunt and kill them.
HOWEVER, in this series, the supposed origin is Tyrell itself, and mostly to be able to suppress revolution from replicants who want to stick it to the man. So, to combat this, Cal sets himself up to choose Blade Runners who are people who want revolution, counteracting Tyrell’s initiative… this is overly complex and entirely unnecessary. Why go through all that trouble? And I mean, why would Tyrell go through all that trouble? It makes a lot more sense to consider that Tyrell is evil and the Blade Runners stand up against them. This whole extra layer just adds confusing complexity that doesn’t even make sense for the company’s objectives…
ALSO, the premise set up in this is that Blade Runners go through an altered version of the Voight-Kampff test to find out if they have the revolutionary spirit… but again, that doesn’t make any sense. The Voight-Kampff test measures empathy, which the replicants lack, and therefore exposes them. I have no idea how this modified version would show “revolutionary tendencies”… besides, that would also make them a bad blade runner, so…
Yeah, really disappointed.
August 10, 2026
Quite a fitting start to the Blade Runner universe, as this takes place before every other product in the franchise. In a fictional 2009.
There’s always a benefit to writing a prequel series after you’ve already had an initial product, and then that product has had a few sequel series itself.
You can create this beautiful sort of ouroboros of self-referentiality, both forward and backwards.
And that is an opportunity that this series truly capitalizes on.
It has the Blade Runner aesthetic and feel, while feeling fresh and doing some things that you don’t typically see in the franchise. Like a regular old car chase on the ground, for example.
I would love to see them translate this material to the screen in some way. The way it would feel so natural in the right hands, like Alien: Romulus to the Alien franchise. Feel how you will about the story, but the art direction and the set design was beyond on-point; incredibly faithful to its universe. And this series, set before even the higher tech of Blade Runner’s fictional 2015, would be a cool visage on the big screen.
There’s always a benefit to writing a prequel series after you’ve already had an initial product, and then that product has had a few sequel series itself.
You can create this beautiful sort of ouroboros of self-referentiality, both forward and backwards.
And that is an opportunity that this series truly capitalizes on.
It has the Blade Runner aesthetic and feel, while feeling fresh and doing some things that you don’t typically see in the franchise. Like a regular old car chase on the ground, for example.
I would love to see them translate this material to the screen in some way. The way it would feel so natural in the right hands, like Alien: Romulus to the Alien franchise. Feel how you will about the story, but the art direction and the set design was beyond on-point; incredibly faithful to its universe. And this series, set before even the higher tech of Blade Runner’s fictional 2015, would be a cool visage on the big screen.
August 2, 2023
Blade Runner origins – Volume 3 – Burning
#9 – “Eliminate ANY resistance.” – Ilora Stahl
#10 – “No, we don’t have her consent - - it’s unethical.” - - “Do it now or I’ll kill you and make it look like an accident.”
#11 – “Ms. Stahl, rumor has it that the Tyrell Corporation is working on a new Nexus model.”
#12 – “Scary that observational gift you have.” – Stahl. “You turn the air cold. Anyone could observe that.” – Cal ***
#9 – “Eliminate ANY resistance.” – Ilora Stahl
#10 – “No, we don’t have her consent - - it’s unethical.” - - “Do it now or I’ll kill you and make it look like an accident.”
#11 – “Ms. Stahl, rumor has it that the Tyrell Corporation is working on a new Nexus model.”
#12 – “Scary that observational gift you have.” – Stahl. “You turn the air cold. Anyone could observe that.” – Cal ***
August 27, 2023
As a huge Bladerunner fan, I absolutely loved this comic series. The story contains quite a bit of fun easter eggs, and also explores the origin of the creation of the Blade Runners. This final instalment brings the story of Origins to a very satisfying conclusion, with a nice twist at the end. This combined with what I think has been amazing and very beautiful art throughout this entire series, makes it pretty much a must read for any Blade Runner fan. Highly recommended!
January 16, 2023
This wasn't that great. Supposed to chronicle the events leading up to the formation of the Blade Runners, but the story is confusing and jumbled. And the characters all look alike. Still, as I've said before in other posts, it is new Blade Runner content, so I'm willing to overlook some flaws...
August 7, 2025
This third volume was the strongest of this series. It took a while for this series to pick up the pace but it finished very strong and this third volume was both a fitting conclusion for this series and an excellent origin story for the Blade Runner world.
October 13, 2022
A sold end. This series continues to please. Let's see what Black Lotus is like next. Hopefully a better story than the TV series.
December 20, 2022
Interesting series.
October 4, 2023
Fantastic end to a solid series. Really gets to the heart of the franchise and tells the characters’ stories well as individuals.
Loved it.
Loved it.
March 8, 2025
Yeah, still confusing as hell.
Good thing they didn't try to continue this.
Good thing they didn't try to continue this.
February 23, 2026
Solid end to this volume, really enjoyed the artwork.
July 7, 2026
good action and cool ending
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