This coming Wednesday, Dynamite Entertainment will release the latest issue of its Space Ghost comics series in the form of Space Ghost: Volume 2 #11. The second chapter in the series’ latest story arc, this forthcoming new issue of Space Ghost is an action-packed tale that is sure to keep readers engaged and entertained. The writing presented within the story’s pages adds to the appeal, as does the book’s art. Each item noted is important in its own way to the whole of the issue. All things considered they make Space Ghost: Volume 2 #11 a successful new entry in this ongoing series’ latest run.
Dynamite Entertainment’s forthcoming latest issue of its comics series, Space Ghost, is a presentation that readers will find enjoyable. The book’s engagement and entertainment comes in part through its story. Crafted once again by writer David Pepose, the roughly 23-page story is the second chapter in the series’ current arc involving the villain, Tempus the Time Master. It picks up right where the previous issue’s story left off. Jan and Jace are in a dystopian future in which Space Spectre is fighting evil forces while Space Ghost is in the prehistoric past, facing Tempus’ minions – Barbos, the Sorceress, Toymaker, and Tarko. While Space Ghost and company have been separated by time and space, they are not defeated. Space Ghost uses his smarts (and some help from Blip) to defeat Tempus’ “Time Tyrants” (as Tempus calls the group) while Jan, Jayce, and space Spectre fight the rock robots created by the evil Doctor Alan Zorket. Pepose fluidly goes back and forth in each setting, following the group’s battles before reaching the climax in the end in which Tempus faces Space Ghost one-on-one.
The story does not let up a single bit from beginning to end, keeping the action (and in turn adrenaline) high throughout its run. This is due to the noted fluid scene transitions throughout the story. Pepose makes it easy to know whether the story is in the past or the future thanks to those solid transitions.
On another note, Pepose is to be applauded for offering Space Spectre some background in this issue. As Space Spectre/Jace explains that at one point, he actually helped Tempus, until he realized what Tempus was really up to. Considering this back story and how concise Pepose makes it, it gives readers just enough to make it easy to root for this anti-hero figure. It is another solid example of the importance of the book’s writing.
Yet one more example of the importance of the writing is more of a general item, that being the dialogue. Space Ghost’s familiar bravado, that confidence, is on full display as he faces Tempus’ minions. It is a confidence that audiences have come to expect from him throughout this series’ ongoing run and is just as welcome here as in the rest of the series’ run. On a similar note, Space Spectre makes note of his younger self’s own confidence when Jace makes a joke about the situation. It is more familiarity that readers will appreciate from the writing. When this aspect of the writing and the other items examined are considered collectively and that whole with the rest of the writing, the whole therein makes clear just how important the book’s writing is to its presentation.
Rounding out the most important of the book’s items is its artwork. The artwork here is the same as in the series’ existing books. What really stands out is certain moments, most notably (at least to this critic) a moment as Space Ghost stands in a tree above his would-be assailants. He has taken off his hood, as is shown the from the bird’s eye view angle. It is an interesting moment because of how rarely readers actually get to see Space Ghost’s face when he is in his outfit. It makes for an interesting moment that is just so rare.
On a related note, Space Spectre actually does the same thing in the future setting. Seeing his beard, his weary eyes, etc. makes for such a powerful moment. It serves to show how Jace’s battle against Tempus has worn him down over the years in the given timeline. In its own way, it is its own compliment to the writing as it serves to visually create character development.
The rest of the book’s art is everything audiences have come to expect, too. When the overall art is considered alongside the story featured here and the story’s writing, the whole therein leaves the issue in whole a strong new entry in this story arc that is sure to keep readers engaged and entertained. It makes itself a solid new entry in this series and its current story arc.
Space Ghost: Volume 2 #11, the forthcoming latest issue of Dynamite Entertainment’s ongoing series, is a presentation that established readers will appreciate. The second “chapter” of the series’ current story arc whose story itself is action-packed and whose transitions are solid and fluid throughout the action. The writing incorporated into the book makes for its own appeal, from the general dialogue to other elements. The book’s artwork is familiar, offering everything readers have come to expect from the book. Each item examined is important in its own way to the whole of the book. All things considered they make Space Ghost: Volume 2 #11 another positive entry in this ongoing series that readers are sure to appreciate.
Space Ghost: Volume 2 #11 is scheduled for release Wednesday in comics shops everywhere. More information on this and other titles from Dynamite Entertainment is available at:
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