Orbital (1) : Scars

Its always nice to discover a new comic series, "Scars" is volume 1 of the Orbital series which presents an intriguing future where Earth has joined the intergalactic confederation but humans are seen as still rather primitive and dangerous and are being held back by the other alien races.

In truth this is a similar idea to how humans were held back by the Vulcans in the 22nd century in the Star Trek universe though in Orbital humans are relegated to being bartenders and security guards until one finally makes the elite diplomatic corps who keep the peace. Such a selection is controversial, especially as his partner is from an alien race with whom the humans have already had a bloody war.

This is a well written and illustrated story and is very entertaining. The artwork really evoked an incredibly varied and impressive future galactic civilisation. There maybe isn't a huge amount of action but I feel that's because there is a lot of back story to establish. This book really set up the rest of the series for what looks to be a very interesting ride.