Nexus: Alien Justice

by Mike Baron, Gary Martin, Steve Rude

When Nexus and his buddy Dave journey to Dave's home planet in search of long-lost friends, they find that things have changed for the worse since their last the once-thriving world has been ravaged by pollution and famine that seem to be spreading from a mysterious factory. Is this merely another case of industry run amuck, or do ancient Thune legends of a planet-devouring creature somehow figure into the picture?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

117 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 1996

Reviews

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though the three issues of Alien Justice are somewhat standalone, Baron does a good job of linking them together and also using them to continue the great saga of Nexus, a multithreaded story that had already run 80 issues!

The first issue with Dave is a nice focus on the Thune. The latter two issues with Nexus hunting down rogue nexi is a bit repetitive (both between the two issues and with earlier plotlines about Next Nexi), but it's still exciting. Getting to learn more about the Merk is also quite nice

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the Dark Horse series, Nexus really devoted itself to universe-building and mythology-exploring. Those aspects had always been part of the series, of course, but it seems less concerned with exploring humanity concept of morality. Alien Justice is Nexus as a widescreen action film, with a mad villain who was once the hero's benefactor. But it works - it's fun, it's big and explosive, and Baron still comes up with creative uses for fusionkasting. And Steve Rude excels here - amazing work!