Fear Agent vol. 1: Re-Ignition

Heath Hudson is the last of the legendary “Fear Agents,” and the kind of guy who likes to self-medicate the traumas of his past by either drinking lots of alcohol, or killing lots of nasty aliens.  Sometimes both at the same time.  While he’s used to wiping the floor with the nastiest aliens the galaxy has to offer, his current job becomes a bit more complicated than usual when some old enemies set him up to come to an infested space station and his escape winds up flinging him back in time.  It’s not especially original, but writer Rick Remender attacks the material with such energy and style that you find yourself pulled along for the ride, regardless. 

The material is further enhanced by the work of artist Tony Moore, who thrives on all the weird aliens and sci-fi gadgetry that Remender asks him to draw and delivers visuals as entertaining as the script.  I will warn you that this volume does end on a pretty nasty cliffhanger.  While things like that usually annoy me in collected editions, I’ll give the creators credit for making my first thoughts after reaching the end be, “Damn it!  Now I have to buy the next volume!” as opposed to “This sucks.  I think I’ll stop reading now.”