Die-Hard, a cyborg trying to regain his humanity, looks back over the thousands of years since his birth.
It is a massive coup to have Stokoe art within these pages and just goes to show how good Graham's jam-session of an ongoing comic truly can be. Every creative choice that Graham has made, whether with the art or the writing, has made “Prophet” the award-worthy comic that it's known to be today. It is also a testimonial for letting creative people do their thing and trusting their instincts. If more modern comics followed the “Prophet” model for re-appropriating unrefined ideas, we'd have a lot more great comics to read. Read Full Review
An excellent issue by an excellent team. Read Full Review
There's really not much else to say. Great story, great art and a big talent pool working to make something a little different – and it works, too. That doesn't always happen. Read Full Review
It's fashionable nowadays to wrap a story arc with a palate cleanser character study. Where Graham and Roy break from tradition (?) is to show Diehard's life in montage, a life of war, but also full of families, children and brothers-in-arms. Graham makes Prophet more than its reductive descriptor, 'Conan in space,' by letting the sci-fi fly and allowing creators to create. Prophet #39 goes the does likewise for the 'old robot.' Read Full Review
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