Finding out what this top-secret device was, and how this helps with her big plans for her future was well-thought. Nebula could have gone after a great many things, but it made sense that she would have her eyes set on something which actually could be looked at as an upgrade considering a majority of her composition is tech.
Now if you’re someone like me who jumped into this first issue with expectations for what we are going to get out of this story? You might as well throw that out of the window. I actually enjoyed the fact that by the end of this first issue this story turned into something else entirely. You see a book like this focused on Nebula, and you instantly think that the aim is to simply embrace everything badass about her. You know, do the usual thing where the character is almost untouchable. And yet that is not what this book offers. Through the events of Nebula #1 we are given a Nebula who is challenged in a way that she hasn’t been in quite some time, and unfortunately this time around she legitimately did it to herself.
This is the first time I have been exposed to the artwork of Claire Roe, and I was impressed by what we got from her. From the flip of the first page I felt at ease with this story because she had an excellent handle on the way she drew these characters. The characters were expressive, they were posed naturally, they were proportionate, not to mention her pencils were overall clean. All of this made the story very easy to follow. And to take a step further she proved to know just what she was doing when taking things from Nebula’s perspective, literally. With that said, I was familiar with the work of Mike Spicer on colors. This was a name I was happy to read. I believe that he is one of the very best to get for a book that you want to stun readers with visually. His palette of colors is brilliant for the depth that he is able to create from them. Great with textures, explosiveness, and colors which simply breathe life into the characters and settings. Beyond this, the lettering was notable as well. Good font, shape for the boxes, and color for distinction.