There's a backstory that is really clever, explaining the asteroid belt as really the remains of an extra planet that was destroyed by war, and that the ancient aliens there have a secret or two scientists on earth want to find out about. There's a Rupert Murdoch/Elon Musk type Billionaire magnate (Paul Darius) who has financed a special mission to explore one asteroid which bears a strange symbol on it and is headed straight for earth.
There's a mix of the Alien movies with a bit of that obscure movie Event Horizon as well, all in the same Horror wheelhouse. This will be a graphic novel that I'll re-read again because of its art mainly, which I don't think is a knock really, a lot of classic Heavy Metal stories I go back to have fairly simple stories or plot points. There's something about re-entering that world art-wise that makes them valuable to me.
The artwork's tone is hyper-detailed and hyper-violent! I'm used to a lot of extreme shit but there were a few pages that I turned to where I went 'oh my God!' So definitely not for underage readers at all!
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