by
Matt Kindt (Author, Illustrator), Sharlene Kindt (Illustrator)
Publisher
: Dark Horse Books; Illustrated edition (June 4, 2019)
Hardcover,
320 pages
Dept.
H
is presented as a locked room mystery six feet under the ocean, but they
certainly don’t get to it in the first volume. It collects the first six issues
of the series, there being twenty four in all, collected into four volumes. In
this particular one, the mystery builds and builds, with no actual resolution
and damned little investigation. The main character is swept up in event after
event precluding her from looking into the actual death which brings her to a
research station on the ocean floor.
Similar to Sealab 2021 without the humor, huge
parts of this underground exploratory and research development center are blown
up or flooded in the first six issues. We are introduced to a select number of
interesting characters who, I’m sure, all have secrets of their own - which
will be revealed in upcoming issues. But if you are interested in a mystery
then you are in it for the long haul, because I’m sure this one won’t wrap up
until the 23rd or 24th issue. The pacing is somewhat leisurely, and drifts
along like the contents of the ocean.
Some people have ragged
on the art, but it’s watercolors for an undersea story, which I think is
fitting. We tend to see the science fiction art as more detailed and technical
with lots of gauges and lights and mechanics in the background. This is not
present, but the beginnings of an interesting story is in the works. If only we
were given a little more. Maybe I should’ve just bought the omnibus edition.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst
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