New Battlestar Galactica Volume 3 (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TP

New Battlestar Galactica #3

by Greg Pak, Nigel Raynor (Artist), Jonathan Lau (Artist)

As Sharon Valerii leads her strange army into the heart of the Cylon empire, she'll find not only the answers to who she is, but the secrets of her very existence. Meanwhile, back on the Galactica, Adama works to put down a violent uprising aboard his ship while battling the "returner" virus that has crippled more than half his crew! Volume III collects issues #9-12 of the companion to the Award-winning SCI FI TV Series, written by Greg Pak and featuring art by Nigel Raynor, Jonathan Lau, and a host of incredible cover artists including Joe Prado, Stephen Segovia, and BSG photo covers!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Media Tie In, Fiction, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2008

About the author

Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."

Reviews

[Quentin Wallace]

This did wrap up about how I expected. I like the new series but so far I still prefer the original Battlestar Galactica. I do like the deeper stories at play here with the Cylon-human interaction.

I did enjoy this volume enough to read some more of the reboot series. Not great, but not bad.

[Dann]

The last part of Dynamite Comics’ trilogy, Battlestar Galactica: Volume III wraps up the series with a rather disappointing and perfunctory adventure into the heart of Cylon space. As the Fleet continues to combat the Returner virus, Sharon leads a collection of Cylons to a Cylon basestar to confront their makers and get answers. The story gets even more confusing and existential in this last volume as it’s full of dreams and false realities. And while things are kind of sussed out by the end, there’s still some ambiguity as to what was real and what wasn’t. The art too is pretty lackluster, as the character designs aren’t quite as sharp and the coloring not as textured. Also, the storyboards seem haphazardly put together and oddly organized. Poorly crafted and lacking vision, Battlestar Galactica: Volume III fumbles about without a clear direction and wastes whatever potential the series had going for it.

[Mikael Kuoppala]

The final part in Dynamite's BSG trilogy delivers a deep, experimental and tender examination on identity, mirroring the themes of the TV-series in a familiar but adequately fresh way. This is the best of the three volumes after the slightly chaotic I and II, using surrealism and unconventional storytelling devices that do justice to the source material. And like before, the story is still not afraid to make some startling conclusions and revelations about the BSG mythology. Truly worth a read for all the fans of the show.

[Eddie Tallman]

More of a quick series review: awesome piece of SiFi, if you are dying for a quick read in a really cool space setting this is your ticket. The story is filled with twists and turns and all that juicy drama!

[John Michael Strubhart]

Interesting premise. Good artwork. Grandiose storytelling. I enjoyed it as a way to pass the time inside as an escape from the 2023 summer heat. Maybe you will too. 😁

[Steven Shinder]

Overall, was an okay series. But I’ve seen better stuff out out by Pak.

[Simon]

Pretty good conclusion to the trilogy. Did some clever things.

[Neale Sourna]

Intriguing side story.

[Jefferson]

The quality of the artwork falls down a bit in this volume, but the story finishes up nicely.