The Rebels Issue 1: 3.5

    The Rebels was a random comic I picked up last week when I was browsing through the stacks at my favorite comic shop. By the art alone I could tell that it had a few years on it. Eighteen to be exact. Still it looked quirky and upon further research I found out that it was linked to ElfQuest. I don’t know much about ElfQuest, pretty much just the name and the fact that it was big for a while when I was younger. So all that aside I figured for two bucks I’d pick it up.
    To start off it’s cute. The plot line is similar to Star Trek’s in that there is an academy filled with humans and nonhumans alike but mostly humans since it’s the lazy way. The main character is also blonde and handsome and down right reminds me of James T. Kirk. The only difference is while the forces of good and evil or Kirk’s labido and some random alien wage you are on the edge of your seat. The same thing happens here yet all I can think of is: how cute! Nothing to bad happens and even when people are trying to kill them in space they just laugh, ‘Oh we fooled them, ha ha!’ It’s like children playing a space adventure at recess.

To be honest it’s an interesting but extremely easy read and above all: It’s almost twenty years old so you won’t have to wait for updates. That is one of the big advantages of picking up a series of days gone past. Nothing in this story will have you at bated breath but at the same time it will pass the time and entertain. Sadly we can’t fill our time with epics and awesome adventures. To be truthful there just aren’t enough outstanding works out there to do so. Why not pass your time with an entertaining already, maybe finished gem from the past?

A big downside to comics from the 90’s is the fact that they rely on stereotypes. The blonde male is dashing, the blonde female is the love interest and fought over by the two male friends. Also there is a redhead that is a hot head, mischievous pain in the ass. He’s a sodding red headed step-child with no respect for anything .There is a character who’s an alien that he calls bug instead of her name. Problem: She doesn’t even look like a bug. She’s modeled after a flower.

All in all a good read when you need your fix.

The Rebels: 3.5 out of 5. It’s cute, entertaining and fun just as long as you can get past the dated characters and white person related stereotypes.