Blue Book #5

Writer: James Tynion IV, Genevieve Valentine Artist: Ming Doyle Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release Date: June 28, 2023 Cover Price: $4.99 Critic Reviews: 3 User Reviews: 4
5.5Critic Rating
4.6User Rating

From the New York Times-bestselling and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creators of Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth, and Powers comes this ambitious, non-fiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an eye to capturing the strange essence of those encounters. Madness and paranoia continue to take a toll on the sanity of Betty and Barney Hill as they search for help in determining whether their nightmares may have been missing memroires of their alien encounter. Also including "True Weird: And I Have Been Promised It" by Genev more

  • 8.4
    The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge Jun 28, 2023

    Blue Book was a welcome change of pace from a lot of other books I'd been reading from Dark Horse recently. It's a solid and small story with some personal flair to it for the characters and it was done with gorgeous artwork and color design to make it stand out all the more. And to be thematic in a fun way as well. I kind of dread the usual mini-glut of black, white, and red books we get these days but there are areas where doing specific single-color work can be a big plus and enhance the story. The artwork for this was able to do that thanks to Oeming's talent here as it all comes together wonderfully. This is going to be a book I hope more people discover in trade form over the next few years and find something wonderful within for this genre. Read Full Review

  • 4.0
    ComicBook.com - Christian Hoffer Jun 28, 2023

    Honestly, Blue Book has mostly felt like a big whiff, despite the caliber of creators involved. Read Full Review

  • 4.0
    You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff Jun 28, 2023

    Tynions interest in the Hill abduction case is kind of a fun trip back to an old mystery, but the author isnt really adding anything to the story that makes the journey worth making. Still--Oemings art and the coolly distinctive visual feel of the issue make it graphically appealing in a way that old accounts of alien abduction so rarely are.  Read Full Review

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