The Disciples: Vol. 1

by Steve Niles

The crew of the Starship Venture, who blur the line between private eye and bounty hunter, have been hired by a high-ranking Senator to retrieve his teenage daughter after she's run off to join a mysterious religious cult on a moon of Jupiter. When they arrive on the once-colonized moon, though, they discover it abandoned. And haunted. Collects issues #1-4.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Science Fiction

Hardcover

First published June 29, 2016

About the author

STEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years."

Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.

Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 2 out of 5]

This read was extremely quick. I’m going to put as much effort into this review as it seems like Steve Niles put into writing the story, which isn’t a lot.

I loved the art. It was creepy, strange, and really helped me to get a feel for the atmosphere.

I hated the story. It seemed like a loose concept was crammed into a book with no real intent. You will never feel an attachment to any of these characters. The Disciples just doesn’t spend any time developing them. The same can be said of the setting. As a huge sci-fi and horror geek, this was just a major letdown from a writer that I expected way more from.

[Jakub Górecki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Premise for the story is good and art is damn nice, but there're some serious issues within the story.

[Laine · Rating 3 out of 5]

not long enough.

[Jamie Zaccaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very spooky space horror that reminded me of Aliens and Firefly. A great story!

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

It needed one more issue to not feel so rushed or inexplicable. Just a little bit more story to go with the great visuals.

[Brian Ferguson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some of them died, but I didn’t care. I never really knew who any of them were.