Brian Wood’s The Massive has been a big hit thus far, and is definitely a departure from the usual licensed material and horror-based comics in the Dark Horse Comics library. Though Dark Horse is known for more than that, The Massive is still a title all on its own, focusing on the horrors of the world, instead of the supernatural. Faced with an ecological Armageddon, the world has fallen into disarray, with earthquakes, monsoons, hurricanes, and all sorts of other natural disasters engulfing the world in an event called “The Crash”. The Ninth Wave, a oceanic activist organization, sails across the high seas in search of answers on The Kaptial, a hulking ship that is made to look small in the face of an endless, changing ocean. It’s mission is simple: figure out what the hell happened to the world, and find the location of their missing sister ship, The Massive.

• THE GOOD: Well written and character-driven story.
• THE BAD: Slow pace and flat colors.
• THE UGLY: N/A

Score: 8.5