Degroot, Jason & Owen, Adam – Almighty Then

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Almighty Then

Technically speaking, I can’t find a place online to purchase this comic.  Well, I got mine through the recent big Poopsheet sale so maybe you can still find it there, but the websites listed above (while containing many other comics) don’t have this for sale.  Just getting that out there right away on the off chance that there’s one person out there who buys every single book I review.  Hey, you never know, right?  This is the story of an intergalactic detective (you know, the one listed on the cover) who is given the assignment of finding out who blew up a cathedral and why.  Luckily, he has a living witness, a holy man who was right next to the bomb when it blew up but escaped harm through prayer.  Mayhem and the occasional bit of hilarity follow, as the two of them go on a bit of an adventure to figure the whole thing out.  I’m still against the concept of spoilers even if the comic may well no longer be available, so it’s going to be hard to say much more without giving the ending away.  I liked how Jason put a list of characters at the start of the book and then devoted a few pages to explaining them more fully at the back of the book.  This looks like part of a much larger series, so although they didn’t do much good in a one-shot they probably do wonders to flesh out the bigger picture.  It’s worth a look if you like space adventures and you like said space adventures at least mildly zany (see if you can spot all the references in this comic, as I’m sure at least a few of the zoomed over my head), then this is worth a look, or maybe this series as a whole is something you should look into.  If not, well, there are many comics in the world, find some more to your taste.  $2.50