UNBORN #3 has strong emotional beats to fill in the backstory of one of the characters and plenty of tense human-vs-alien action. However, the actions of the humans are so recklessly stupid, you start to think you want to see them die in a bizarre case of schaden freude. Thankfully, the art is a good fit for the material and visually pleasing. Read Full Review

After a compelling first issue this story got dumb fast. Why is the fate of the world put in the hands of a crew where every member was abused as a child and is suffering from extensive psychological trauma? And the decisions made by said crew are so questionable that 1) no reasonably competent person would follow them and 2) it makes it really hard to want the supposed protagonists to win. The only parts of this issue that weren’t terrible were shamelessly copied from the Alien franchise (the corporation manipulating contact with an alien species for financial gain, the visual style of the alien and nursery, even the suggested possibility that the main character is mothering an alien). At this point the only reason I’m finishing the series is because I preordered the issues months ago after what I thought was a great first issue but otherwise this is a hard pass. more