Extermination #1

I love new concepts. This book has a good one. Written by Simon Spurrier, it is the story of an apocalyptic future(even if it is a bit over done) where aliens have taken over the Earth( I think its the Earth). Now it is up to a surviving hero and a villain to work together and get their world back! The lead hero, Nox, is an obvious Batman clone( just cut Batman's ears off)that spends the entire issue talking about his moral code( spoiler warning) only to throw it out the window in the final scene. His villain partner,Red Reaper, seems to have much more potential as a new character. The over all design of the characters is rather weak but the aliens is even weaker. We never learn the rules of what the aliens can do so the threat is not very clear. My biggest disappointment was the artwork. The cover by Michael Gaydos(cover C) is great but the interiors are rather bad. If Boom! Studios wants to be a big player in the comic book industry they need to get better talent. They even call newcomer Jeffrey Edwards a "secret weapon" and a "hot new artist". Wrong on both counts. It also did not help that the issue was way over colored. It reminded me of those early 90's books by Image Comics where they tried to cover up bad artwork with flashy coloring. Did not work then, wont work now. File: #1 and done!