Death's Head 3.0: Unnatural Selection

Amazing Fantasy (2004) #16-20

by Simon Furman, James Raiz (Illustrator), Shannon Gallant (Illustrator)

It's one hundred years in the future and an organisation known as AIM is fighting a non-violent conflict with the fascist government it wishes to change. But there's a splinter group that's ready to return to its violent roots. Problem is the killer robot. It isn't sure what side it wants to be on.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels

120 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2006

About the author

Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro/Tomy's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise.

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good art, really cool covers by Lucio Parrillo, but it’s kind of a misleading title. Although the book is called Death’s Head, the killer robot is actually a container for a completely different Marvel character, namely the Uniforce, which turns people into Captain Universe. It’s been enslaved in a war robot and tries to break free. This is all fine, but Death’s Head was such a memorable character. Humorous and with a big personality. All of that is missing here.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a fan of the original Death's Head in the old UK Transformers titles, I had really high hopes for Simon Furman. This is not quite a return to form, but it's okay. The biggest problem is it feels like a pilot for a series that never happened (which is understandable given it originally appeared in the Amazing Fantasy Reboot).

James Raiz art feels like a throwback to 80s black and white books, but with color. I enjoy it since I like those comics, but it's not a style for everyone. Plus sometimes his faces are a little inconsistent.

Furman's dialogue similarly feels like a throwback. It's never too wordy but there is a line about "We could be looking at a new Technological Cold War!" If that sounds too corny, then maybe pass on this one.