Rook: Exodus #2

Out of the 3 Ghost Machine books we've received so far, this is the best. Great writing, incredibly fun concepts, and some amazingly strange, fun, and scary artwork make this the book to get. I said it last issue and Ill say it again: being away from corporate comics has completely reinvigorated Geoff Johns. If I haven't been clear, I'm in this for the long haul and you should be too. You'd be missing out on a great story! Read Full Review

This issue left me continuously wanting more as I was glued to every panel on every page. Everyone puts their heart and soul into their stories at Ghost Machine, and Rook is no exception. It quenches my thirst for action and adventure while making us think of the possibilities within the Wardens and creatures inhabiting this planet. Read Full Review

This title has a very exciting premise and is delivering on it above expectations. Rook: Exodus certainly feels like a book that can't be missed already. Read Full Review

ROOK: EXODUS #2 cranks up the emotion, drama, and action for a desperate tale of survival that evolves into a primal tale of revenge. Geoff Johns gives you oodles of action and drama in equal measure, albeit sorely lacking in the background details, and Jason Fabok's art is next level. Read Full Review

Rook: Exodus #2 continues to offer detailed and action-packed big blockbuster art. The story and character work could lift, though, as we wait for more in those categories. Read Full Review

We've got our supporting characters and villain all set up. Now it's time to learn more mysterious about Exodus. Read Full Review

All in all and alright comic, it was weird that the action was happening around the characters and not directly to them. Other than that I think it was alright, it wasn't my cup of tea but I'd read another one if I got the chance. The art is really good and I liked the animal illustrations a lot. Read Full Review

StrangerDark

May 22, 2024

I love this series so much, keep up the amazing work Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok! Every Ghost Machine book leaves me wanting more!

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

May 24, 2024

Plot Rook looks for his friend Swine to accompany him to escape from Exodus, but Swine's helmet has stopped emitting signals, when the warden named Dire Wolf appears, who explains that Swine was murdered and his helmet was stolen. Rook and Dire Wolf, whose name is Donnica, had an intimate relationship in the past, however since they work as guardians for the corporation in different wildlife areas, they cannot have a relationship. Dire Wolf controls the wolves. Rook invites Dannica to escape from Exodus with his rocket that is almost ready, but she explains that her place is on Exodus and that she is going to fight to save it, she believes, that the corporation that trained them and sent them to that planet is going to fix the failur e in the terraforming of this planet. Dire Wolf loves Exodus and respects all forms of life on it. Swine's assassin calls himself URSAW and his objective is to eliminate all the wardens and steal their helmets and thus control all the fauna of Exodus. He is currently attacking both Rook and Dire Wolf with giant bears. This sequence is exciting and culminates with the destruction of Rook's rocket. The analogy where those who control the helmets become cruel predators like the animals they control, is a kind of psychological synergy. Dannica offers Rook the chance to escape the planet if he helps her on a mission. This series is amazing, it is a mix of John Carter From Mars with Jurassic Park, with epic and biblical scales. The narrative of this comic is addictive and leaves you wanting to read more. Art Jason Fabok offers his art so detailed where everything makes sense, recreating new worlds with futuristic technology and making it believable, each page hypnotizes and gives chills, playing with the scales of this entire world with a cinematic vision. Summary Rook is left with no choice but to team up with Dire Wolf in order to survive the environmental chaos and anarchy of power when a psychopath hunts down all the wardens. more

bulletproof2k

Jun 28, 2024

A new issue and a new beautiful and brutal one, I liked this issue more than the previous one. In the wonderful world of the post-apocalypse.

AmericanHealthcare

May 28, 2024

The art is doing some lifting here, but I appreciate the straightforward, unpretentious nature of this book. It feels like something from Heavy Metal or 2000AD in a good way.

Comics Code Authorities

Jun 15, 2024

AN enjoyable second issue. I think this has the potential to develop into quite an exciting series. It's already been off to an incredible start. Johns gives us hints of Rook and Dire Wolf's past without focusing on it entirely the whole issue as most writers today would do. He remembers how to keep the action and adventure ahead of the protagonists' personal lives. Otherwise they'd have sat and talked the whole issue (if he were still at DC they'd probably have forced him to write it that way). Ursaw still wasn't very explored here but he's a pretty badass villain to start off with. And a good villain is essential to a good comic too. According to Dire Wolf he isn't one of them. I'm hoping to learn his origin soon. This series is one of the finer comics on the shelves today and I'm looking forward to #3. more

Jonn McLoed

Jun 28, 2024

As a second issue it was a bit of a mixed bag to be honest. The art really lifted some pretty repetitive dialogue from crashing the whole comic. Dire Wolf as a character is so one dimensional that you actually start rooting for the bad guy. Won't give spoilers but the bad guy gets my vote and will keep me coming back for more.

Williamflipper

Feb 09, 2025

Intriguing.