Z-View: Escape from New York #1 by Christopher Sebela and Diego Barreto

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Escape From New York is an on-going series published by Boom Studios.

Writer: Christopher Sebela

Artist: Diego Barreto

Colorist: Marissa Louise

Letterer: Ed Dukeshire

The crime rate in the United States has risen 400 percent. After humiliating the President in front of the world and destroying America’s one chance to end World War III, Snake Plissken has become America’s Most Wanted man in a land of criminals and the insane. Everyone wants Snake dead. Luckily, Snake knows the feeling all too well. War hero. Outlaw. Renegade. Snake’s back!

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good

  • John Carpenter’s Snake Plissken get his own comic!
  • 5 Cool Variant Covers: Declan Shalvey’s cover [shown above] is my favorite followed by covers created by Alice X. Zhang, Tim Bradstreet, Riley Rossmo and Jay Shaw.
  • Picks up where the movie Escape From New York left off.

The Bad:

  • Plissken doesn’t look more like Kurt Russell [perhaps a licensing issue?]
  • The art needs a more gritty feel.
  • The twins: Romulus and Remus.

The Ugly:

  • What happens when Plissken tells a soldier to get out of a helicopter.

 

Escape from New York #1 should appeal to fans of the movie, Escape from, oh, you know.  

Rating: 4 out of 5