Intergalactic virus liquefy one of your heads? Feeling a bit "off" ever since you drove through that black hole? Then visit the ET-ER, the galaxy's leading medical facility. This interplanetary crew of doctors, nurses, paramedics, and technicians is uniquely qualified to cure what ails you. There's no planet too far, no asteroid too small, no patient too, well alien - and they accept most forms of insurance. This super-sized debut special includes two stories of medical madness that are out of this world.
Writer Jeff McComsey injects the right amount of a Men in Black-style introduction into this world that the idea immediately feels well constructed but frankly it gets a little overwhelming when the nonsensical space jargon starts to fly. Read Full Review
It’s definitely an interesting premise for a series, with different creators telling their own stories in each subsequent issue. Early days for sure, but this debut issue does a great job of introducing the hospital and staff. McComsey and Pulido make a great team and manage to keep the ideas feeling fresh and increasingly bonkers.The only criticism is that it feels a little safe at times. Definitely worth picking this issue up if only to see where the rest of the series goes. Read Full Review
Move over Men in Black, here are the Doctors in White. A great concept, but when the biggest head scratch is why any aliens would go to America to be overcharged for healthcare which stopped my suspension of belief more than the actual concept of a universal hospital. America's healthcare is the joke of the world, and each story should finish with a ludicrous bill for needless charges. Read Full Review
AWA Studios' ET-ER is imaginative and dramatic comics. It stands out now, when our world has been turned upside-down with illness, in its blunt, obvious assumption that everyone needs someone to care for them, that everyone is entitled to some respect and compassion. This flag is planted unapologetically, giving Dr. Chen and the other ER doctors spine and oomph that they would've lacked without. Read Full Review
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