The High Ways

author: John Byrne

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.90

book published: 2013

rating: 3

read at: 2013/07/28

date added: 2013/07/28

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

Eddie Wallace, aka Sprout, has just signed on to the crew of the Carole Ann as their new navigator. He's taken under the wing of crew mate Marilyn Jones and works for feisty captain Cagney. His first trip out is supposed to be a routine trip to Mars, but captain Cagney has other plans and the crew ends up on a long range pick up on Europa. Once they arrive in Europa, they find that there is no cargo to pick up, and things are not as they seem.



John Byrne did the art and it's quite good, but perhaps a bit familiar by now. Captain Cagney reminds me a bit too much of Puck from the Alpha Flight comic, but it's nice to see a range of character types in a story like this. There are strange images and amazing space vistas.



The set up felt a bit like Forbidden Planet, and I felt like the set up worked better than the resolution for me. There are some surprises along the way, and I always like a good SF story, so I found it quite a lot of fun.





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