Outpost Zero #3

Outpost Zero #3

by Sean McKeever, Alexandre Tefenkgi (Artist), Jean-François Beaulieu (Artist)

The Outpost enters emergency protocols in order to survive through the night. But that won’t stop Alea from uncovering Sam’s secret.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2018

About the author

After writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on Sentinel, Inhumans, Mystique, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Birds of Prey and Teen Titans.

Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.

In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.

Reviews

[Shorouk A · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are getting nearer to the solution . I like how the story is going but still it is lacking because it is short.

[JW · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sci-fi YA mystery comic book about a girl investigating the disappearance of her friend all while the world around her is literally coming to a possible end.

Now that Alea knows that someone has answers she starts delving deeper, but what she finds confuses her even more. How far will she go to get answers?

Meanwhile, we see the political tensions and hostilities between Alea’s scientist mother and the security chief. Both headstrong women think they are right and that their plan will be the best one for the station. Neither is willing to budge. Both are using whatever tools they have at their disposal. The fate of everyone on the station rests in their hands.

I can’t wait till the next issue!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series concludes on a hopeful but weird-ish note. I gave the previous books three stars. It's not that this one's better, but it covers a lot of territory, and we, or the characters, get some answers about their situation. The plot takes us to unexpected and somewhat dissonant places (there are still living aliens on the planet, and they are somehow enmeshed in the colony with supposedly dead settlers, and the colony has an element of totalitarian rule, which was not hinted at before). But it's all good. Our teenage adventurers are eventually joined by some of their parents, and make some amazing discoveries about the colony's past--and probably its future.

[Hayley · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Mikey The Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This issue was gripping really moving the story forward