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Catalyst Prime: The Event
The origin of the Catalyst Prime superhero universe is revealed, as five astronauts take on a suicide mission to save the Earth from an asteroid collision, leading to the rise of superpowered beings.
- GenresComicsScience Fiction
31 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 24, 2017
12 people are currently reading
38 people want to read
About the author
Christopher J. Priest
1,111 books191 followersFormerly (before 1993) known as James or Jim Owsley.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.
Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.
After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).
In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.
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April 28, 2020
Story - 2.50
Graphics- 2.00
Graphics- 2.00
May 2, 2020
Intriguing opening
Though I’m torn. The background is original, but the conspiracy, like many, needs too many pieces to fit together neatly to work. Still, definitely enough here for me to consider looking further.
Though I’m torn. The background is original, but the conspiracy, like many, needs too many pieces to fit together neatly to work. Still, definitely enough here for me to consider looking further.
June 20, 2017
This comic gets into the political a bit against conservatives. If you're easily offended by that, then I wouldn't suggest reading it. I'm not sure how to put it, the statements are not necessary, but they stick out because they are not necessary to the story told. So to me, it was intentionally done to slam Republicans/Conservatives in an underhanded kind of way. Not so overt to be really obvious/offensive but enough for you to catch their drift from what side of the aisle they sit on.
I read comics to get away from political diatribes and strife, not to listen to the author's personal biases.
I read comics to get away from political diatribes and strife, not to listen to the author's personal biases.
December 7, 2018
I saw the Lion Forge Catalyst Universe as a sort of replacement for the Milestone/Earth M books that eventually stalled out at DC.
I'm always vaguely keen on checking out new superhero universes; as the grand corporate narratives of Marvel and DC tend to get boring after a while (I generally care about writers subverting things, rather than event comics--yet Synder/King/Aaron are doing a nice job recently).
That being said, I often have very low expectations for them--Image's superhero universe is relatively defunct, Valiant's is solidly competent (every comic is probably a 7 out of 10) but never incendiary, Millarworld is extremely uneven, etc.
As such, I was very excited to see that Joe Casey and Christopher Priest were involved. YET, the universe really never seemed to gel and Casey, Priest and Illidge eventually left pretty quickly. The universe isn't taking off like I expected and there's no multiverses or events to make me interested in the other books. It's unfortunately "damned if you do an damned if you don't", News has it that Lion Forge has laid off 12-20 employees.
At this point, the only thing that interests me is Joe Casey on Accell (and it feels like he's slumming it) and Gail Simone being handed the reins. Let's see what she can do.
I'm always vaguely keen on checking out new superhero universes; as the grand corporate narratives of Marvel and DC tend to get boring after a while (I generally care about writers subverting things, rather than event comics--yet Synder/King/Aaron are doing a nice job recently).
That being said, I often have very low expectations for them--Image's superhero universe is relatively defunct, Valiant's is solidly competent (every comic is probably a 7 out of 10) but never incendiary, Millarworld is extremely uneven, etc.
As such, I was very excited to see that Joe Casey and Christopher Priest were involved. YET, the universe really never seemed to gel and Casey, Priest and Illidge eventually left pretty quickly. The universe isn't taking off like I expected and there's no multiverses or events to make me interested in the other books. It's unfortunately "damned if you do an damned if you don't", News has it that Lion Forge has laid off 12-20 employees.
At this point, the only thing that interests me is Joe Casey on Accell (and it feels like he's slumming it) and Gail Simone being handed the reins. Let's see what she can do.
April 19, 2025
Memories from one year ago return—“The Event.”
Jonah and David, hidden identities.
Illustration style is basic.
Some of the technology references make this feel dated. Others—they will do so in the future.
Unfortunate verbiage and narrative choices.
Asteroid heading toward Earth.
The Foresight Corporation.
Oh damn. This gets both racial and political. Hard pass.
Checked out when this began blatant, named attacks on political views and parties.
Sadly divisive. Comics should be something we can all enjoy together, regardless of appearance or political differences.
Jonah and David, hidden identities.
Illustration style is basic.
Some of the technology references make this feel dated. Others—they will do so in the future.
Unfortunate verbiage and narrative choices.
Asteroid heading toward Earth.
The Foresight Corporation.
Oh damn. This gets both racial and political. Hard pass.
Checked out when this began blatant, named attacks on political views and parties.
Sadly divisive. Comics should be something we can all enjoy together, regardless of appearance or political differences.
April 17, 2022
Hasta casi el final el cómic tenía su lugar asegurado en el fondo del ranking con solo una estrella. El plop final no lo esperaba y logró captar mi atención. Lamentablemente el resto del cómic está pobremente desarrollado. Los dibujos son decentes, pero no logran trasmitir absolutamente nada. La cantidad de texto resulta sobreabundante e innecesaria.
En fin, un cómic no recomendable.
En fin, un cómic no recomendable.
July 3, 2017
Not very realistic outlook on the world but I guess people have to dream.
August 21, 2017
Not bad
Nice universe starter. Kinda cliche at the end though. I'll have to see how the other books play off this to truly rate it
Nice universe starter. Kinda cliche at the end though. I'll have to see how the other books play off this to truly rate it
March 21, 2019
Not sure about this. It's got Priest's jump around story style that I'm never overly comfortable with.
October 2, 2017
This was a competent science fiction comic book that was well-written, but failed to interest me very much in reading further, despite teasing some later superhero action. Later books might even be interesting, I just can't tell from this book.
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