Space Ghost #10 – The best part from this week’s Dynamite Entertainment might be how it teases a future storyline that intriguing. Author David Pepose comes up with a great way to suggest future events. He brings the villain from a timeline of a clearly terrifying future right now. In fact, the emotional weight of this issue lies on the identity of this villain.
The mystical man of the future looks like an evil space ghost, calling himself Space Specter, wearing a dark version of the space ghost costume. He fully promises that Judge Dread will meet the Terminator and will stop his traumatic and terrifying future by any necessary means. He proves it by quickly killing scientists with crimes he thinks but has yet to commit.
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From the beginning, Space Spector intends to assume that the current hero has gone bad. But we must guess who – until his identity is hinted at and finally revealed by the end of the matter. I like this idea – it can involve the effects of the year of suffering and trauma into the mind. Unfortunately, Pepose is trying to maintain most of the issues with Space Ghost Standalone, and therefore it does not have enough time to explore this in depth with action sequences and other plot elements. Therefore, I was not able to fully immerse myself in this character arc emotionally.
What really works out is to tease the future developments of the overall story that Arc Pepose has been building since Space Ghost #1. The actual goal of Space Spector returning in time is to stop the launch of Robo Ultima satellite. So we finally got the return of Robo Corp CEO and the future main villain of the series, Xander Ibal. Space Spectre claims that even if project Ultima appears to be a communication satellite, it will bring fate to the universe. It’s all set up and creates more questions than answers. And it works very well.
The final panel also creates a great cliffhanger and/or starting point for the next issue.
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Like all issues of the series so far, the action sequences are amazing, combining Pepose’s epic love with Lau’s dynamic art.
In this issue, LAU often uses images that stay on large pages with small panels placed above. It creates a vast sense of space and a great depth of future metropolitan cities. Otherwise, Lau continues to be impressed with his various page layouts and panel structures. In these panels, the image structure is professional and meticulous. I really enjoyed looking at these pages.
On side notes, for the first time in the series, Space Ghost #10 was a few weeks behind the original release date. Maybe dynamite needed more time to complete an absurdly priced metal premium cover made from thick aluminum of 0.020. I don’t know what this cover says about the state of comic collection, but I don’t see it as a good foreshadowing.
Space Ghost #10 feels like the beginning of a new story. This one approach worked very well in the first few issues of the series, but I feel that the character arc in this issue is a bit rushed. Jonathan Lau’s art continues to impress, and the teasing definitely intriguing me.
“Space Ghost” #10 is heading towards the future
Space Ghost #10
Space Ghost #10 feels like the beginning of a new story. This one approach worked very well in the first few issues of the series, but I feel that the character arc in this issue is a bit rushed. Jonathan Lau’s art continues to impress, and the teasing definitely intriguing me.
Lau’s dynamic action sequence.
An interesting character premise.
Interesting teasing about future storylines.
There’s not enough time to develop better character.
Some elements of the story feel like they are in a hurry.
