Starship Down
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A taut sci-fi drama by exciting newcomer Justin Giampaoli (Rome West) with captivating art by comics virtuoso Andrea Mutti (Rebels, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Control). Government and religious agencies clash as our understanding of human history collapses when a UFO discovered in a confidential location in a Russian mining operation calls into question the origin of humanity. A cultural anthropologist consults with US Naval Intelligence to investigate the discovery of an extraterrestrial ship buried under the ice for thousands of years in Siberia. The meddling Russians, Vatican officials, the international media spotlight, and her own insecurities all threaten her efforts to keep the fabric of society from crumbling as mankind discovers its startling origin.
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I feel like this was the victim of the pandemic. I read the first issue just before lockdown started, and it was great - corny, maybe, but that kind of science fiction corny you enjoy. A spaceship is found buried in the ice, the final panel of the issue ending with WHAT, NEANDERTHALS ON ICE?!?
That first issue would have earned a five-star rating because it scratched all the right, fun itches. Every other issue of this miniseries knocked it down a star. Storylines left unfinished, the mystery of the spaceship undramatically resolved with some handwaving “the aliens created us - we're their failed experiment!” I'd like to believe that this series had more going for it, but the restrictions and restraints of a pandemic gripped world stifled this project. I'd like to believe that. It's more believable than what this storyline turned into.