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Review: ‘Great Pacific’ #5
Acceleration. Motivation. Intimidation. All that with pirates and a nuclear bomb. The story definitely moves into a higher gear in Great Pacific #5. This issue pushes the premise through its initial hook and mutates into something bigger and unpredictable yet logical at the same time.
WRITTEN BY: Joe Harris
ART BY: Martin Morazzo
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: 6 March 2013
Writer Joe Harris weaves old elements of Chas Worthington’s adventure in country building in this latest chapter and adds layers to what has come before. Just like the garbage island of New Texas itself, the landscape of characters, causes and intent remain in a state of flux. This issue feels like a fast paced game of chicken with the stakes being as high as they can get. You need to pay attention or you might miss who is winning.
Pirates trump idealists. Idealists get trumped by mercenaries. Mercenaries and pirates get trumped by island natives. But the ultimate wild card remains the nuclear bomb that everyone is fighting for. It’s strange how art is imitating life as I read headlines about my neighbor North Korea waving threats now that they have nuclear weapons. It seems that nuclear weapons are the buy-in for the world to recognize a nation in real life and in comics.
I was sad to see the introduction and demise of Mungo all in one issue. You can never have enough Mungo’s in my opinion. The last page made me laugh and have that shock-and-awe moment at the same time. I have no idea how a boy with an island of garbage and one magic trick up his sleeve can out manoeuver what is staring him in the face. That makes me excited to see what Harris and Morazzo will do next.
3.5/5 Skulls
Reviewed by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
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Erica Slaughter Is Back: Peek Inside the Pages of ‘Something Is Killing the Children’ #50 [Exclusive]
James Tynion IV’s comic book series Something Is Killing the Children is celebrating a massive milestone this year, with the landmark 50th issue headed our way in October.
And Erica Slaughter is back…
Something Is Killing the Children #50 launches October 7, 2026 from BOOM! Studios.
In Issue #50, “Witness the return of Erica Slaughter in this momentous milestone issue for the bestselling horror phenomenon!
“Jump back into present-day storyline of Erica Slaughter after the horrifying events of the Tribulation saga!
“Erica, completely distraught from her encounter with Cutter and the death of Gabi, is on the run from the Order. In her escape, she turns to a formative place for her: the Valmont Mountain Lodge.
“But beyond memories of her past, what and who will Erica find there now awaiting her?”
Something Is Killing the Children #50 features art by Werther Dell’Edera, colors by Miguel Muerto, and letters by AndWorld Design. Take a peek inside the pages below.
Blumhouse recently announced plans to adapt James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s horror comic book phenomenon Something is Killing the Children into both a feature film and an adult animated series. Now’s the time to jump into this one…
Something is Killing the Children was first published by BOOM! Studios in 2019 and tells the story of Erica Slaughter, a monster hunter from a mysterious organization more concerned with keeping the secret of monsters from the world than saving their victims.
In this world, only children can see monsters.
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