Duck And Cover Issue #3 Review
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“Whatever the tropes, science fiction is about epiphany. It’s where we come face to face with those hidden truths we didn’t want to learn but must learn if we want to survive” – Duck & Cover Issue #3
Okay, I almost forgot I was following “Duck and Cover” by Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque! Since issue 2 came out in October 2023, and #3 released in March. Been a while. So, let’s recap – this comic series follows a group of teens trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic America after they escape a series of explosions that rip through the country.
Titled “Sci-Fi,” issue #3 of “Duck and Cover” begins with an intriguing flashback involving one of the characters discovering a secret room in her house while her parents are away, while the narrator discusses the essence of science fiction as a genre and its goals. Readers are then back in the present, where protagonist Del and his high-school friends are under attack from Pugg, who has transformed into a grotesque armed monster. The rest of the issue follows their new escape plan and some shocking revelations about what’s happening.
The artwork in the comics continues to be fantastic; the panels unfold like a retro sci-fi film, and Scott Snyder is in top form with his storytelling. In the first issue, I’d been harping on how it’s a lot like H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” meets “Stranger Things,” but with this issue’s revelations, Snyder enters more into “3 Body Problem” territory, an epic science fiction series by Cixin Liu. But the story continues to be led by high-school students, who will have to save themselves from what looks like the end-of-the-world.
Only 25 pages long, the issue gets over too quickly, but its highly entertaining and ends with a fantastic twist, which is solidly foreshadowed. Hope it won’t take months for the next one to come out!
Rating: 4 on 5. “Duck And Cover” is also on Kindle Unlimited.
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