I
took one final look at the Sword of the Atom universe in this special that
pulls at just about all the stops. Atom and his new wife visit a neighboring
tribal city and accidently set off a biological booby trap. This turns many of
the dwellers into rampaging zombies. It’s a race against time to find a cure as
well as a race to safety for the Atom in this thrilling final chapter to the
Sword of the Atom series of mini-series and specials.
At the end of this issue was a letter by some
of the writers and editors of SOTA asking fans to write in for a permanent
series based on Atom’s adventures in the Amazon. I think if DC had decided to
let Gil Kane reteam with Jan Strnad on this special, it would’ve happened.
While I really enjoyed this creepy tale, the magic behind the art of Sword of
the Atom was missing with the new creative team. Now, I don’t know a lot about
the publishing world but if you’re trying to get something picked up for
regular publication and you’re basing your decision on customer opinion, wouldn’t
you put your best people on the project? Maybe Strnad and Kane weren’t but I’d
rather stick with the team who knew Sword of the Atom best instead of handing
it off to a new team.
That decision strikes me as proof that DC
had no intention of SOTA ever becoming a full-time series. If they had, Strnad
would’ve still written this and but Kane would’ve penned and inked it! So,
alas, the history of comics pits us with another what if scenario. I think if
this is a standard practice of DC in order of making things go away then we
also finally have our answer to the age old question “Why did George Clooney’s
batsuit have nipples?”
Worth
Consuming
Rating:
8 out of 10 stars.
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