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    The Massive #1

    The Massive » The Massive #1 - Landfall, Part 1: Kamchatka released by Dark Horse Comics on June 1, 2012.

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    In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, the environmental-action trawler Kapital scours the earth’s oceans for its mysteriously missing sistership, The Massive.Captain Callum Israel, a man who has dedicated his life to the ocean, now must ask himself—as our planet dies—what it means to be an environmentalist after the world’s ended. Callum and his crew will come up against pirates, rebels, murderers, and thieves as they struggle to remain noble toward their cause. Can you save a planet that's already doomed?

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    Fantastic, intriguing read. (spoiler free review) 0

    The Massive #1 is a fantastic read through and through. If you're a fan of Brian Wood, then you'll recognize this book as distinctly his right away; and if you're not already a fan of his work, this book is a great example of what a talented creator he is.The story in the first issue is divided between the present (where we see the crew of the ship The Kapital in the Bering Sea) and some flashbacks of how the situation on Earth got the way it is in the present. In doing this, he takes the reader...

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    Capeless Crusader Reviews "The Massive #1" 0

    Brian Wood is one of the best politically-driven writers of comics in the business today. His work on DMZ and Local, in particular, have showcased his ability to take large societal themes and boil them down to stories that can resonate with the reader on a personal level.In The Massive, Wood asks a rather disturbing question: "What does it mean to be an environmentalist after the world's already ended?"The world itself in Wood's story has not so much ended as it has been brought to the brink of...

    2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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