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Exo #3

by Jerry Frissen, Philippe Scoffoni (Illustrator)

Alors même que la NASA découvre une exo-planète susceptible d'abriter la vie, un projectile tiré depuis la lune endommage une station orbitale. Coïncidence ?

Futur proche. La NASA pense enfin avoir découvert une exo-planète capable d’abriter la vie. Située à 4 années-lumière de la Terre, Darwin II suscite nombre d’interrogations, et fait immédiatement l’objet d’un projet d’exploration par une sonde spatiale. Au même moment, une station orbitale est traversée par un projectile en provenance de la lune, tuant plusieurs astronautes. Coïncidence ?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction, Comic Book, Ebooks

48 pages, Hardcover

First published February 7, 2018

About the author

Pseudonym of Thierry Frissen

Reviews

[Rev Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

English version

[Siobhan Hawthorne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le troisième et dernier tome de cette saga pour y résoudre les mystères et interrogations que l’on avait depuis le début. Et… c’est un peu décevant. Puisque, si on obtient quelques réponses (à quoi ressemblent les extra-terrestres dont il est question), finalement ça reste très en surface avec une fin un peu hâtive et insatisfaisante.

L’enjeu premier est d’empêcher la bombe EMP d’exploser, ce qui supprimerait toute technologie de la planète Terre. Il s’agit tout d’abord de trouver l’emplacement de ladite bombe et ce, avant qu’elle ne soit déclenchée. Pour cela, John décide d’utiliser la drogue qui lui avait provoqué des hallucinations (ou plutôt des visions) plus longues que d’habitude. Et ça fonctionne.

Mais ne vous attendez pas à savoir pourquoi John en particulier a des visions venue de l’espace. Et l’explication finale sur l’évolution des humains est franchement douteuse. Sans parler des flirts et relations qui se développent au détour d’une case, sortis de nul part. Bref, je ne sais pas s’il s’agit d’un manque de page, ou d’un scénario qui a dû être bouclé en moins de tomes que prévus, mais j’aurai apprécié quelque chose de plus complet !

[Johan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The discovery of a planet in a distant star system that might have life, sets in motion a series of events starting with an attack on earth from ... the moon. The story and the artwork are good. There is nothing original about the story as it contains elements from many other SF books, comics, movies and series. I could start to list some of them, but then I would spoil the story for you.
If this were a movie, it would probably be a B movie: nothing fancy, no Oscar nominations, no state of the art special effects, and no A list movie stars, but just an enjoyable movie that helps you get your mind off of things. Which is why I gave this series 4 stars.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

And so we move to the resolution. Something that is dealt with in suitably suspenseful manner, the story and artwork beautifully keeping the suspense right up to the end.

The series as commented on in the first book could so easily fall in to cliche and predictability - instead you have a clever story that has several layer.

The ending as well as the explanation leave the door open for further tales which I am pleased with as this last book felt a little rushed with some scenes not being as clearly explained as others - I suspect the page count dictated that some aspects had to be condensed.

Either way a great series for a triumphant return to these graphic novels.

[Trike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big finish, unfortunately a bit rushed. This is one time a story could actually use more pages. That said, it did resolve the main conflict. The science is more than a little dodgy, but I’ve seen worse in Science Fiction. All in all a decent tale.

[Petr · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best issue from Exo so far, in my view. It explains a little bit more about the background of the events and clears up some of the story arcs.

[Adrian Bloxham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent sci-fi comic with a brain

[chadwick Mcdougald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should've been a movie

I thought the story wasn't nothing I haven’t seen in a movie but, it's a good read if you're bored and want to past time.

[Travis James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending.

Hopefully, there will be a follow-up series. Definitely another five *****'s! I really enjoyed this trilogy. As I said, hopefully, there will be a follow-up. 😁

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

See volume one for comments.

[Rodolfo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A somewhat hard sci-fi graphic novel? Hellyeah!
I've read the 3 volumes in a roll... It has good ideas about 1st contact, but overall it's kind of rushed. The aftermath it's that it deserves a continuation.

[Roberto Diaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The final act of the series might feel abrupt, but resolves the conflict nonetheless. Used to Hollywood-esque conclusions, this might feel underwhelming, but is a fitting closure to a kind of event like this.