Rocket Salvage is a six issue miniseries done by
Archaia/Boom who have been putting out a lot of great quality comics like
Lumberjanes, Adventure Time, and The Midas Flesh. At first glance with its
bright and fun colors Rocket Salvage may seem like it is a book for all ages,
it isn’t. Rocket Salvage is closer to Rocket Raccoon by Skottie Young, very
bright and vivid colors and yet still gritty. Nothing too bad for young readers
mind you just some adult themes (talks of a stripper and some violence isn’t too
bad right?) but it is probably suited more toward the same crowd of say Bravest
Warriors.
Primo Rocket, Fastest Man Alive, is our star and center of
the first issue. It starts with him about to make racing history but as soon as
you turn the page you are 15 years into the future and everything that was
shiny and exciting is now run down vandalized. It is a great couple of page of
art and story of the stark contrast of the two different time periods.
Without going into further details about all that is happening
characters in the first couple pages show up throughout the book, Primo has had
two kids(Beta Rocket and Rocco Rocket), got fatter, and fixes vehicles but
doesn’t race them and doesn’t want his kids too either. There is a political
strife essentially between robots and monsters (Republic of Galaxies and
Galactic Republic respectively) and it seems Primo and his kids are going to be
caught up in the middle of it all! Not sure which characters to trust as of yet
looks like most are just after protecting themselves in the lawless town of Rio
Rojo. As of now Rio Rojo is the only world we have seen a cool lawless world
that is a little reminiscent of Tatooine from Episode 1. Cannot wait to get out
and explore their universe some more.
Who will come out victorious in this story: Robots,
Monsters, or the lowly humans who know how to race and repair? This is a book I
will highly recommend to fans of Star Wars and Speed Racer. Rocket Salvage
feels like a great combination of those two franchises and has their own story
to tell.
Written and Reviewed by:
Matt Dempsey
Game On Comics
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