Soldier Zero

Stan Lee's Boom! Studios titles

by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Javier Pina (Illustrator)

Et si vous deveniez. mi-humain, mi-extraterrestre ?... Simple soldat revenu de la guerre en Afghanistan en chaise roulante, Stewart a fusionné avec une entité extraterrestre acquérant ainsi des superpouvoirs. Mais cette carapace commence à lui peser. Lui qui avait quitté l’armée bien décidé à militer pour la paix, le voici devenu un « super-soldat ». En proie au doute, Stewart renoncera-t-il à sa quête de justice ? Soldier Zero de Paul Cornell (Dr. Who) et Javier Pina (Strangers) reprend tous les thèmes de prédilection de Stan Lee : un être ordinaire confronté à ses faiblesses mais qui reçoit des superpouvoirs.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

120 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2011

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 2 out of 5]

This isn't good and its not getting better. No idea why the things happen that are happening. The many writers here don't do anything to make any of these characters interesting or give a cogent explanation as to why. Pina's art is fine but the lack of backgrounds are underwhelming. Overall, not worth the time.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This installment of the Stan Lee series finds former solider, now university astronomy professor, Stewart Trautman still merged with the suit and we get a feast for conspiracy nuts. It turns out the U.S. government has a special branch that can kidnap an entire hospital, shut down a university, and kill FBI agents for failing to do as they are told.

Stewart meets the mysterious, and eventually unexplained, Application Nine who helps Stewart escape from the government holding facility. A little more is revealed about he war the soldier suits were involved in, and that war is coming to Earth.

Plus, teaser crossovers with Lee created series The Traveler and Starborn.

[M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stewart Trautmann is still reeling from being merged with a specialized alien bio-suit that allows him to walk once again. Hunted by both a mysterious agent using various "applications" and an alien race that wants to elimate all traces of the suit, Trautmann must recover his humanity in order to discover his new purpose. As always, Stan creates flawed heroes that are believable. This volume could be a sleep hit, as long as characterization outplays the action sequences.