Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Captain Swing #1Captain Swing and the Electric Pirates of Cindery Island #1 of 4
Avatar Press
Ellis & Caceres

Warren Ellis' latest science fiction effort takes place in the past and is more of an exploration of events that actually occurred with a twist of fiction wrapped around it. This issue introduces a few key characters, provides some of the action to drive the plot and gives a number of entire pages of text to provide historical accounts for the uninformed reader in about thirty pages. The comic is fast moving and makes you use your brain to see the angles in the early going. For a set up issue to a mini series this is a very good issue, especially for the history or science fiction buff.

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