Exactly my thoughts. The Netflix adaptation should be fun but Scalera's work here is what makes this one tick.
Space Bandits #1
| Writer | Mark Millar |
| Artist | Matteo Scalera |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
MINISERIES PREMIERE! Thena Khole and Cody Blue are among the universe's most wanted felons. Each the leader of their own criminal ops, they run heists across the galaxies-hopping from ship to ship to fleece everyone inside. But when both women are betrayed by their crews, the bandits only have one thing on their minds: REVENGE.
CRITIC REVIEWS
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Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Jul 01, 2019Space Bandits #1 blasts away as another winner for Millar and with Scalera's lively artwork this might be one of the more exciting titles to follow in the last half of 2019. Read Full Review
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Geekery Magazine - Chino DT
Jul 06, 2019Another great comic written by Mark Millar who has already accustomed to brings us great stories, this time Mr. Millar join efforts with the excellent artist Matteo Scalera who already has a good miles traveled in the world of comics and illustration, it is a great space adventure that really fascinated me in this first issue, there is really nothing more to say but to wait for the second number of this spectacular spacial history. Read Full Review
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Outright Geekery - Thomas Hulett
Jul 07, 2019Filled with Miller's trademark action and Scalera's deft hand Space Bandits should prove to be a runaway success for Image. Read Full Review
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9.7
SciFiPulse - Ian Cullen
Jul 01, 2019I look forward to seeing how this story will unfold in the months to come. Read Full Review
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Jul 10, 2019In the first of five issues, Millar and Scaleras Space Bandits slices through 25 pages with a very poised design-conscious delivery of energy that works. Its a smart mash-up of various genres that solidly settles into a kind of a late 1980s sort of a mood with bright colors and big cities coating the galaxy with just enough shadow to let the unseemly side of society leech out onto Read Full Review
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9.5
Pastrami Nation - Nolan Smith
Jul 07, 2019I am on board for Space Bandits. It exudes imagination and gives sci-fi fans something that feels new and original. In a world with recycled storylines and characters, its great to see some creativity and new blood. Read Full Review
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9.1
The Brazen Bull - Dave Robbins
Jul 03, 2019Space Bandits is a thriller, a heist story (or two), and a long con all rolled into one. All of this Mark Millar gory goodness, and it is only the first issue. Read Full Review
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9.0
But Why Tho? - Kate Snchez
Jul 03, 2019Like most Netflix joint comics,Space Banditsis a limited series, set to run for five issues. With that, it's also important to keep in mind that it is listed as an adaptation and that a Netflix has confirmed that it will be joining other Millarworld projects like Jupiter's Legacy,Empress, andHuckon the streaming platform in the future. This has me extremely excited for the following issues and ultimately has me ready for action, emotion, and more killer scenes. Read Full Review
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9.0
The Pop Break - Rachel Freeman
Jul 10, 2019Matteo Scalera's art and Marcelo Maiolo's colors are absolutely gorgeous. Read Full Review
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8.2
Monkeys Fighting Robots - David DeCorte
Jul 02, 2019SPACE BANDITS #1 lays out a vision for a great story which embraces genre tropes, but never leans on them. Interesting characters and strong worldbuilding are the backbone of the narrative here. It's a great ride. Read Full Review
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7.5
Comic Book Legion - Clayton Hinojosa
Jul 02, 2019Although this story was enjoyable and beautiful to look at, it falls short in really grasping the scope of what Millar is wanting to do with this story moving forward. It does leave the reader wanting more and I can assume Khole and Cody will team up, break out of prison, and go after the people that wronged them, but there just wasn't enough story in this first issue to fill in those blanks. Read Full Review
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6.5
Multiversity Comics - Beau Q.
Jul 08, 2019It's immediately female-hatey, which is par for the course on female revenge stories, but this book doesn't exist in a vacuum even if it's in space. Read Full Review
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2.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Jul 03, 2019If nothing else, new Millarworld comics usually have a strong conceptual hook, but Space Bandits' seems to be "what if we imitated a bunch of other popular media." Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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9.5
Amazing! Matteo Scalera is a wicked artist. Props to him and the whole creative team.
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9.5
You know that feeling? Once you've read a comic book you'd immediately wish they adapt it for a live-action/animated film. This is one of them, well, at least in my opinion. Art is freakin' cool it already gives that kinda vibe, Scalera must be a renowned artist. As for the story I don't know where to begin, Mark Millar's given us a fresh new series to just sit back, relax, and enjoy. Thena Khole and Cody Blue are unmistakably charming characters, unfortunate for the baddies they messed with the wrong ones, you go get 'em girls!
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Crispy clean read built for television
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9.0
Great start to the series. Scalera is and amazing artist.
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Gonna be a great Netflix series, Scalera's work is otherworldly.
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8.5
Most of Millar's stuff is hit or miss (at least to me it is) and for years it's been miss after miss. But with space bandits, I feel he's got a winner. Look forward to reading more.
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7.5
I like the green haired character. The plot doesn't quite grab me, it might have something to do with EVERYONE being a bad person.
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6.5
Interesting world. Dialogue was to cheesy for me. If you're into cheesy dialogue and 70s? 80s? style space stuff you'd probably enjoy this.
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5.0
Sigh. Oh, joy. Yet another '80s style Millarworld story with foul language, mild violence, mild sex, criminals, and cliches up the wazoo. If this is supposed to be a feminist piece about getting screwed over by men, it doesn't have any emotional punch to back it up. But by all means, let's keep highly rating Miller's generic stories that are only readable because of his A-list artists. A 12 year old could write these, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Millar has a sweatshop of 12 year olds churning these out.
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