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Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Mike Deodato
Cover: Dustin Weaver
Date Published: 04/24/2013
OVERVIEW [SPOILERS!!!!]:
--“Validator”--
The story begins when Ex Nihilo, a powerful entity and the creator of the “Garden” on Mars, fires his “Origin Bombs” at Earth in attempt to prompt an enhancement in evolution. These projectiles land in Perth, Australia and Regina, Canada completely changing the biospheres of the impact zones. In retaliation Department H sends a newly created Omega Flight, which includes a Wendigo, an automation named BOXX, and two humanoid members, Kingdom and the team’s leader Validator, to investigate.
One month later, Department H in co-operation with S.H.I.E.L.D. calls in the Avengers, who were part of the containment team that dealt with the fallout of the Garden’s attack on Earth, to enter the city. Under the leadership of Department H Agent Robert Michaud and the teleportation abilities of Eden the recovery team successfully enters the city and are greated by miniature creatures which lead the team to Validator.
In her presence time begins to alter and enhance, sometimes 30 years in advance and back. Validator approaches Agent Michaud whispering into his ear and suddenly the city vanishes. Now outside of the city’s influence, Agent Michaud upon hearing the words of his daughter, “The system is now online” decides to take his life in order to protect her trigging a chain of events that will no doubt be discussed in further issues.
REVIEW:
Overall an interesting story, but it was mostly a set-up issue for whats to come. What I did enjoy the most was the respect shown to Department H, putting them on the same level of S.H.I.E.L.D. Also Agent Michaud was the breakout character and for the amount of time he was present I was really intriqued in the character. There's a reason he is front and center on the cover with his daughter [Validator].
The art in the book is easy to follow and the rendition of Wendigo is probably one of the best I have seen. However, I wasn’t a huge fan of this new rendition of Omega Flight as they are not really addressed and some of their designs are bland or have been done before. Though I am grateful they were used in this story rather then Alpha Flight as they were created to be fodder.
So in summary this was an okay issue, but it appears Validator is going to be a predominate character in the future, so it may be worth it to pick it up to see where the story started.
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