2000AD #1937

Heliumis pretty much an exercise in quick and dirty butsupereffective world-buildery on the part of Edginton and D'Israeli. I'm reminded of one of my other favorite world-buildy teams, Spurrier and Stokely, whose new releaseThe Spireactually hits a lot of similar themes as this title here. I'm looking forward to recommending this title to everyone who's been drooling (deservedly) overThe Spire, since fans of one ought to be fans of the other, lest they have some extreme hatred of Steampunk. Read Full Review

I interviewed Rennie not too long ago about the strip's first arc for its release in the US. There, he called Kapiten Inspector Jaegir the most developed character he's ever created. It's true. Imagine if the Nazis had won World War II. Then imagine, years later, that their government established a division to investigate war crimes. That's Jaegir's job, travelling from human rights atrocity to human rights atrocity, judging what (weak) moral parameters have been crossed. Now she finds herself in Tartarus, one of the most controversial communities forged in the Nordland war. Spectacular stuff. Read Full Review

Gizmo

Jan 20, 2020

-- JUDGE DREDD // BLOOD OF EMERALOS: The judges beat the crap out of this guy, but it's still not terribly interesting. -- ABSALOM // UNDER A FALSE FLAG: Wow, way to let the kid get away, worst agents ever. -- HELIUM // PART FOUR: We get a look at who is driving all these WWI style tanks and also find out why this prisoner is important. This is my favourite strip right now. -- OUTLIER // DARK SYMMETRIES: Very dull so far, I care nothing for any of these characters. Sure, by all means, kill the dude. -- JAEGIR // TARTARUS: I remember liking Jaegir, so I'm optimistic about this strip. It's off to a good start so far as we witness war crimes being committed with little hope for justice. -- OVERALL: Top marks for Helium, but I'd like to see all of the other strips step up their game. more