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Mitch Gerads draws the main covers and Doc Shaner does the variants.
Welcome to planet Rann, Mr. Terrific! Earth’s champion of fair play has traveled halfway across the galaxy to investigate firsthand the crimes Adam Strange stands accused of. He’s not going to find many friendly witnesses, though, as the people of Rann consider Adam Strange their true champion. Yet for all the resistance Mister Terrific faces on the surface of Rann, his true opposition may be lurking closer to his subject than he realizes.
This adventure between two worlds continues, with Mitch Gerads drawing the gritty Earth sequences, and Evan “Doc” Shaner showing us the splendor of Adam Strange’s battles in outer space!
Strange Adventures continues to be truly outstanding in its depth and breadth, as well as with the mystery at its core. There's no shortage of character moments as Strange Adventures #4 plays a little more to Michael Holt. It's really his issue. While not told entirely from his point-of-view, he shines brightly. What really did happen on Rann? Is Adam a hero or something else…. Read Full Review
This creative team cares about the truth. They care about HOW they tell a story. And so, this issue doesn't skip around to the highlights. It drags us through Holt's research to remind us that sometimes what's right isn't fun. It's just right. Read Full Review
Strange Adventures is going to be a proud moment in this creative team's career. This comic continues to build from strength to strength. A book about war that actually looks at it in a realistic way, while still playing in fiction. This maxi-series is what good science fiction is about. Read Full Review
For the first time, we start to believe that Adam"and Rann"are capable of war crimes, and the switching up of the artists from what you'd expect delivers a great visual surprise that helps make this the best issue of the series. Read Full Review
This is a great book overall, and I am loving it. I hope they can keep the quality up because this is awesome. Read Full Review
For those who want answers faster the pacing and slow peeling back the layers wont be as satisfying, but for those able to patiently let the story unfold this has been a compelling and deeply engaging read with plenty of twists and revelations to come. Read Full Review
Gerads and Shaner's styles and panels begin to combine in this issue and the transition between different parts of the story is both visually stunning and emotionally compelling. I continue to love the noir style of the Holt scenes as well as the evolution of the Strange storyline as well. Both artists bring some beautiful visuals to this issue. Read Full Review
Adam Strange and Mr. Terrific are both very compelling characters, and this story is unraveling itself slowly but meticulously. Read Full Review
Hopefully, we'll get a few more answers in the next issue as to what really happened during this war. Was Adam Strange manipulated by Rann's government or was he a willing participant in the war? Read Full Review
Ther series overall, is a slow unraveling of whodunit without knowing the who or what part. We know Aleea Strange is the main focal point to both stories' conclusion. This issue is that we got nowhere near to the answer but a lot more questions on what truly happened. Read Full Review
Once again, this comic continues to be an interesting and complex read. Strange Adventures stands out as the most intellectually stimulating comic of the year. Read Full Review
"Strange Adventures" #4 really is AMAZING science fiction. Read Full Review
This installment of the series feels like it's clicked even better than the first couple as I think we've got a better footing for everything at this point. There are a host of mysteries and reveals to still be made to be sure but it's progressing well and it feels like we've got a handle on the basic elements to it so that we can move forward in confidence. I love how both Adam and Michael come across in their respective journeys here and I absolutely love the look of the book and just the creativity of it all. It's beautiful with so many standout panels throughout that just made me linger on them for some time as I admired all the detail. Read Full Review
The story continues to deepen withStrange Adventures #4. As the narrative follows the same slow burn style of story telling as Kings other maxi series offerings, readers can still clearly expect a long way to go before any real answers are given. But, as they await those answers they continue to be treated to great character moments, and a story about the search for truths. Whether anyone wants them found or not. Read Full Review
Adroit art is, in this issue, unfortunately shackled to a grinding cog of a story. Let's hope that this is merely a workmanlike pause in the artistry, rather than the whole of the story. Read Full Review
Strange Adventures #4 is the issue that has finally made me take an interest in this series. I have liked the art of Gerads and Shaner from the beginning, and Tom King has caught up with them with a large amount of political intrigue. We still have a long way before it's over, but I am finally enjoying the ride. Read Full Review
If you mess with Michael Holt, you're gonna get a taste of fair play that you might not like. Oh, Adam Strange is here, too. Read Full Review
The story moves tantalizingly forward in the exact same way it has the past few issues. The big reveal/purpose of this series better be worth it. Read Full Review
All of the "both sides" rhetoric and fraught considerations in the world can't cover the abundant flaws of this colonialist narrative far more devoted to an American invader than those he kills. Read Full Review
This was a really fantastic issue. Gorgeous art and some brilliant moments.
I am glad this isn't canon because of how certain characters are acting, not that Sardath has never had a heel turn before. This book is fantastic. The real star all along has been Mister Terrific. His giving Sardath the God Hand has cemented this issue as a classic.
-Glad we get to see Mr.Terrific navigating post-war politics on Raan
-The art style of the lasers caught my eye
-Mr.terrific is such a good choice, loving his character
-The more this series goes on the more i am invested in how King navigates the story's backroom politics
The Terrific scenes are .... Terrific! How does Superman talk to Adam on the airless moon? What is up with Alanna's smoking & why is her nose always red? (I'm catching up on this series after reading good things about it.)
First off, loved these covers. Whoever is doing them is fire. You can definitely tell King is drawing from his past CIA experience when writing this. And I am not complaining, its very interesting. The art again is amazing from Gerads and Shaner. Really liked the Shaner bits in this issue particularly. King during the Gerads parts plays and develops more of this mystery surrounding Aleea and what exactly happened to her, now tying in the war on Rann itself involving the Pykkt race we were introduced to in the last issue and retains my interest of our mystery,
The Shaner parts though? eh. While it has good art, it nothing exactly happens on the half of King. There is some emotional touches here and there, and it seems important f more
Really missing just a classic science fiction adventure story here. King is becoming very tedious.
I find myself enjoying Mr Terrific's character more than Adam Strange. I find Strange's interactions with Superman the most annoying. Speaking of Superman, on one page, the rendering of Superman looks off proportionally IMO. ON the other hand, over the next few pages there is a terrific scene with lasers and Mr Terrific. This issue is better than #3 but that's about all I can say.
Who among us did not love Mr Terrific slapping an old man right in the face?
Well, Alanna continues to be the worst. I hope those T-Spheres Mr. Terrific always has recorded that whole exchange, and what will come next. That'd just... Make sense. But we'll see. Mr. Terrific is the only reason I have any interest in this book. I don't really care about Adam Strange, and Alanna is clearly being set up to be the typical strong-woman-red-herring. Or maybe it's being played straight. I don't know, and I don't particularly care. This book has me as long as Mr. Terrific gets a hefty amount of the spotlight. Also, side note, does this series have an editor? In the first issue, they didn't get Adam's daughter's name right. The second issue, Mr. Terrific solves that quadratic equation incorrectly, and in this issue numbers jus more
Maybe the best issue so far, but that's mostly because Mr. Terrific is a really good character when he isn't playing Trivial Pursuit. Also, the flashback was actually pretty okay this time. Not sure why I keep reading this, maybe it's that the potential is definitely there, or maybe it's the art. I don't know.
Boo-hoo, Tom King is sad about the Iraq War. Cry me a river and go do some creator owned shit instead of ruining another beloved silver age character and his mythos.
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