Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed
The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18
Jeff Lemire, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen
Image Comics
Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: Mila and Captain Telsa have finally located the boy robot Tim-21, and had an unexpected reunion with Mila's father and mother... just in time for Mother's forces to arrive. As Tim-21 reveals the truth of where he has been and why he has returned, they face a moment that could reshape the entire galaxy for all life forms, living and robotic - or Mother's cruel regime of dark sorcery could ascend to an unstoppable superpower.
REVIEW: The final volume of the Descender/Ascender cycle wraps the story up in a cataclysmic conclusion that can't help but feel a little bit rushed. There's a slight hint of pulled punches and last-minute revelations, but overall things come to a satisfactory conclusion for Tim-21 and Mila's family and friends... and, yes, even the robot dog Bandit. Though the Descender part felt a little less full and complete than the Ascender arc, I still enjoyed this space opera melding of magic and machinery.
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