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Review: Lost Planet: First Colony #1

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20130901-134308.jpgAs Titan Comics continues to grow, it is only a natural progression to increase the number of video game copyright permissions to ensure all corners of the market are touched. Unfortunately, as with most video game to comic book crossovers, Lost Planet: First Colony #1 fails to rise above average. Timed with the release of the Lost Planet 3 video game, this two-part digital-first series takes place 40 years before the events of the game.

As humanity clings on to the last remnants of a pollution-ravaged earth, the government launches an extensive space exploration campaign in a desperate search for natural resources. After stealing planetary data from a corporate ship, the rag-tag staff of the Crusader makes its way toward the evacuated E.D.N. III colony in search of abandoned terraforming hardware. As expected, they get more than they bargained for…

While I appreciate writer Izu‘s decision to follow a fringe crew as opposed to a predictable mining crew, he made some questionable plot decisions. First, despite the interstellar capabilities of the future, their ship lacked the weather software necessary to prevent or predict an ’emperor-class storm’ from causing a crash landing. Then, once crashed on the icebound, frozen planet, they carried on conversations without retrieving any cold weather gear first (the captain had on a t-shirt!). They eventually suited up, but too little too late for me.

Artist Massimo Dall’oglio did his best to bring out the harshness of the ice planet, but nothing in his illustrations stood out from similar comics in the genre. He failed to capitalize on what could have been gorgeous full-page illustrations, by opting instead for ubiquitous panels which stunted the pacing. Also, and this applies to the lettering, but there was no difference in color, text, or shape between the speech balloons and the location captions. The only difference was a balloon tail…very frustrating.

A successful video game to comic book transition is a rarity in this industry. Amidst a number of high quality Titan series, this one, unfortunately, missed the mark.

Story: Izu Art: Massimo Dall’oglio
Story: 5.5 Art: 5.5 Overall: 5.5 Recommendation: Read

Titan Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Titan Comics Launch Lost Planet: First Colony – The Official Comics

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Today launches the first issue’s of Titan Comics Lost Planet tie-in comic, Lost Planet: First Colony. Working with Capcom, the issue was released today digitally to time with the release of Capcom’s Lost Planet 3 video game which hits shelves in North America and Europe this week. The video game series has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and has spun out into action figures, statues, clothing and more. A hardcover version of the comics will be released December 31.

Lost Planet: First Colony uncovers the dark secrets of the iceworld of E.D.N. III – the lost planet – and its deadly, indigenous Akrid!

Fans of the series will thrill to an all-new, high-stakes adventure which sheds new light on humanity’s first attempt to settle this harsh frontier.

In E.D.N. III’s icy wastes, no-one is safe – least of all the crew of the pirate vessel, Crusader, come to pillage its technology! There’s a strong chance that no-one will leave this world alive…

The comics feature art by Massimo Dall’Oglio, from a script by DmC: Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil’s Izu, aka Guillaume Dorison.

 The first of the two-part comic series is available to read today on the iPad, iPhone, Web, Android and Kindle Fire, exclusively through the comiXology app and comiXology.com.

LOST PLANET First Colony cover