"The classic space hero from the 1950s returns in an all-new limited series! Long before Kirk, Spock and those other guys went to school, Tom Corbett, Roger Manning, and Astro were attending Space Academy, in a TV series that sparked novels, comic strips and merchandise. Tom is the charismatic leader of the team, Roger is sharp-tongued navigator, and Astro controls engineering. The cadets have their first encounter with a dangerous new enemy with a surprising origin!"

Here are the credits for this first issue:

By:                Bill Spangler, John Dacosta, Wilson Ramos Jr, Niko Anaya, Chris Colbert - (Cover B) 
Type:           Comics 
Genres:        Science-Fiction
Publisher:    Bluewater Productions 
Pub. Date:   October 14th, 2009
UPC:            837654359488
For ages:    16+

What I liked about this first issue is that it is a Fun Read!  And No, I'm Not That Old to remember the original airings of the TV episodes!  (Almost, but not quite!).  The original series ran from 1950 - 1955 on a few different networks.

Anyways, there was a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories that were depicted in what was then the 'pop culture' of the 1950's.  Tom Corbett was on television, on the radio, in books, and of course comic books - my favorite venue at the time.  Additionally there were comic strips, coloring books, and View-Master reels that were also manufactured during the 1950s.  

There has been an attempt to bring back this title in the 1990's, but that didn't  work out.  I'm glad to see this concept being brought back now, and introduced to a new generation of readers!  An added plus is that is a four issue mini-series, so there should be a complete story arc printed here.

Bill Spangler's first issue story is good reading for an introductory issue and has a 'hook' to bring you back for the next issue.  You have to get those intros out of the way so you can move your readers along to the next issue!  Additionally there is a 'mystery' of which only part of it is answered in this first issue, so you'll have to come back for the second issue!  Good lead in issue for this series!

John DaCosta's artwork is somewhat angular and bold, a different style than I am used to seeing sci-fi comics illustrated in, but in this sci-fi story it fits right in!   Some may consider his art style in this series 'cartoony', but it fit with bringing this series up to date in my opinion.  Besides, I am so tired of seeing the Buck Rogers franchise being rehashed and reworked and replayed, that it is nice to see another older series be brought to light via the sequential art form!

Niko's coloring in this issue doesn't reflect a lot of cold dark colors, even though the action takes place mostly in space.  The colors used on the pages are 'warm' colors and flow well with the illustration style.

Wilson's lettering is his usual good work.  Which speaks a lot for itself. 

The only thing I could see in the presentation of the comic itself, is that the commercial ad pages are kind of 'jarring' against the illustrated pages of the comic book itself.  I've seen other companies save their ad pages for the last part of the book.  In this comic book, that might have been the better placement of ad pages...

For a fun read, and once you're hooked into the 'mystery', you'll want to get the second issue of this series.

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"Spinning out of the red-hot thriller G.I. JOE: COBRA, this one-shot follows up on issue #4’s surprise reveal and focuses on our big bad guy (or is it multiple bad guys?). By the same creative team as the original mini, don’t miss out. This is the perfect end cap to the series!"

Here are the credits for this one-shot issue:

Writer:  Mike Costa

Artist:  Antonio Fuso

Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski

Letters: Robbie Robbins

Edited by: Andy Schmidt, Denton Tipton & Carlos Guzman

What I found was a well written story with a lot of meaningful narration. Actual spoken dialogue was sparse, adding to the meaning of the storyline.

The colors to this issue fit so well with the storyline that the colorist has to be duly noted for a job well done!

The style of art fit this story very well. So much so that I believe this is a well rounded comic book issue that I would give to the mainstream viewing public that don't read comics to show them what a story with sequential art can be!  It is that good of an issue!

The cover price to this comic book is $3.99 USD.

You can purchase copies of this comic book direct from IDW's Online Store, if you can't find this issue at your LCBS, by going to:

"In a galaxy many light years from our own, an intergalactic war is being waged; a war that has extinguished the lives of billions and that will eventually thrust itself upon the unsuspecting and ill-prepared inhabitants of the planet Earth. But from the ruins of destruction comes a hero, a hero who may be the only hope of a universe bent on self-destruction, a hero named DOMINION!

Here are the credits for the first issue:

Dominion character created by:  Noel Mercado

Developed & written by: Carl Dancy & Noel Mercado

Pencils & Inks by: Nando

Colors by:  Miguel Marques

Lettered & Edited by: Chuck Brown

I finished reading the first issue and read the ashcan also.

The ashcan was a little 'heavy' in detail, but this showed me that the creator(s) had worked out a good background for the different characters and different alien races.  However the characters were shown in black and white and a little hard to identify when reading the color comic book.

Just in time for Halloween is the comic book 'Rob Bot - Robot Mechanic' #1, with a special Halloween theme.

Jason tells me that this comic book will be debuting at the upcoming Big Apple Con during Halloween Weekend in New York City!

So what is this comic book about?  Here's what the creator says about the issue and what is contained in its' pages:

Rob Bot sets out on some fun strange journeys filled with technoghosts, gremlins, specters and much more.

Art, Lettered, Designed and Created by Jason May.

Three, eerie themed, action packed shorts written by Steven Withrow, Shawn Granger and Joe Caramagna.

Pinup by Chris Gugliotti.

Interview with creator by Brian LeTendre of Secret Identity Podcast.

I received a preview copy, and found that it is a black & white interior pages comic book with full color cover.

I also found three well written and illustrated stories centering on this character, Rob Bot, who is a robot mechanic.  Not having run across this character before, and realizing that it is a type of 'anthology' comic book, I wondered what I would think of it, as anthology comics are usually harder to review.