After a story that focused solely on Donovan, Julie and that town of Visitor loving humans, issue #4 devotes some time to the other characters of the V TV show.
First of all- Ham Tyler and Chris Farber. The two mercs finally make it to Catalina...to the front door of Nathan Bates' Science Frontiers home office... in a body bag.
Uh-oh. I think I've painted myself into a corner. If I go much further, I'm going to be spoiling things. I mean this is a nearly 40 year old comic book. But, I try really hard not to produce spoilers. So, let's just say for now, that what happens in Bates' office leads us to find out what has happened to the Star Child.
Don't know what the Star Child is? That's okay. I'll get you up to date. During the original miniseries, Visitor leader Diana wanted to know if her people could mate and breed with humans. So a young girl named Robin was seduced by a Visitor soldier. Robin had a human looking child, with a forked tongue. Named Elizabeth by her mother, the hybrid child ages rapidly and develops super natural powers that lead members of the Fifth Column to dub the now adult Elizabeth to be called 'Star Child', a prophesied savior that could lead the Visitors in an age of peace and harmony.
Meanwhile, a Carl Sagan type character has taken to the airwaves to challenge Visitor leader Diana to peace talks. Diana accepts, planning to kill this peace monger at the conference. But don't worry about this guy walking into a trap; our modern-day stargazing Gandhi has plans of pulling the rug on Diana himself!
Lots of action. Lots of plot wheels turning.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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