The Fourth Power #4: Island D-7

Le Quatrième Pouvoir #4

by Juan Giménez

A powerful cocktail of science fiction, humor, and social criticism written and drawn by the artist of The Metabarons: Juan Gimenez! PUBLICATION IN 4 VOLUMES -- COMPLETED WORK. The odyssey of Exether Mega, a young military pilot caught up in an interplanetary conflict between humans -- under the banner of the Planetary United States -- and the Krommiums. After narrowly escaping an attack by an enemy patrol, Mega begins a perilous journey across enemy lines. Through a series of encounters -- with both friends and foes -- Mega discovers she's at the center of a complex, secret experiment to create the ultimate weapon of war. As further clues to her role, identity, and destiny are revealed to her, the powers that be ramp up their efforts to capture her. A spectacular and riveting space opera by the creator of Leo Roa and the illustrator of The Metabarons saga.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

59 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Aclamado historietista argentino que desarrolló su carrera tanto en Argentina como en Europa.
Murió en su Mendoza natal tras haber contraído el coronavirus en España, donde vivía hacía décadas.

Reviews

[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good series. Love the artwork.

[Alberto Martín de Hijas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esta entrega tiene un guion un poco confuso y se hace un poco lioso seguir las tramas. El dibujo es sensacional como siempre en Giménez.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

And so the story comes full circle - in at least more than one aspect very much so - with feelings of being here before from the first book.

However there are also new challenges and dangers to be had here which set the remaining characters on a different course - there are some wonderful nods to the first book here which feels like the writer wanted to bring things to a conclusion.

And yet there are other aspects that suggest that there are more adventures to be had. I will admit I am not sure if they just never happened or if they never were intended so there is a little feeling of something missing but still a great series of books which were surprisingly human in a very inhumane universe

[jacob.eru · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth a casual read

If you already liked Gimenez's art from other works, this is worth checking out. While the stories in the four volumes of The Fourth Power could be much more original (super-mental powers, psycho-surgeons, etc.,) the art makes this worth the read, particularly the large panels with cityscapes--the amount of time put into the detail is just inspiring. Lazy, though, is the several characters that look similar (what's with the gray/silver hair obsession?)

[Bruno Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bonito quase final para esta saga de uma mulher que tem 4 mentes dentro de si e poderes psíquicos fortíssimos .
Ao ir parar a um planeta donde tinha estado antes da fusão psíquica encontra-se no meio de uma batalha fabricada para testar armamento de 2 potenciais fornecedores, mas está tudo corrompido e ela tem de proteger quem está na ilha desse planeta junto com o seu filho

[Rafaela Oliveira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un fin qui donne envie de suite.

[Tristan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the fourth episode of four, also available on Kindle Unlimited. So it turns out that these four volumes are not episodes of a single story, but simply unconnected episodes of a recurring series involving a superpowered heroine, of which there could be however many more. Tune in next week sort of stuff. That’s disappointing in itself.

The art is a bit better than in the previous instalment as it involves a lot of military tech, which the author does well. But other than that, there’s no story here. Our protagonist tries to hide on an isolated planet which turns out to be the theatre for a weapons demonstration, in a corrupt deal between arms dealers and politicians. Whilst all the gung ho stuff is going on our heroine demonstrates her good guy credentials by healing someone. Then she hides again. There is really nothing at all here that is original or story worthy, other than some visual designs.

It’s a good thing there are no more episodes, as this was getting boring after a decent start.