Deron Generally
Deron Generally
The Terrifics Annual #1
DC Comics
Written by Gene Luen Yang, Mark Russell and James Asmus
Art by Joe Bennett, Evan “Doc” Shaner and Jose Luis
Inks by Matt Santorelli, Scott Hanna, Richard Friend and Jordi Tarragona
Colors by Hi-Fi, Nathan Fairbairn
Letters by Tom Napolitano
It’s time for the annual Stagg Industries Halloween Party and while the employees enjoy time with each other, Stagg himself is rushing an experiment that could potentially net him millions. Unfortunately, the experiment goes awry and unleashed creatures that mimic and cocoon several employees including Stagg himself. It’s up to the Terrifics to uncover the plot, rescue everyone that’s real and stop the rampaging copies before they body snatch everyone.
In the second part of the annual, the origin of Java is explored. Caught in the perilous time between the decline of the Neanderthal and the rise of the Homo Sapien, Java and his fellow hunter/gatherers live a peaceful life filled with hunting and family. When Java’s mate discovers a village of Homo Sapien’s, Java and his people attempt to make peace. What they find is that their new neighbors are more advanced in both the way they hunt and how they live, forcing the Neanderthals into the mountains as the Homo Sapien community spreads out across the land.
The final part of the annual sees the return of Tom Strong. The story revolves around Strong’s trip to the Dark Multiverse and his encounter with one of the beings the Terrifics discover when they arrive later. The reader gets to see the danger Strong faces from the forces around him as he makes the recording that sends the future Terrifics team on their journey to find him. As he finds a means of escaping from the Dark Multiverse, a familiar face finds herself at the beginning of her new journey.
This is a pretty solid annual issue. The first story does a good job of focusing on the team dynamic as well as the central conflict of many of the characters including Holt’s personal issues, Plastic Man confronting the issues with his son, the team’s precarious position living on the Stagg campus and others. The second story does a good job of establishing the inner conflict and turmoil in Java and explains his turn in the regular comic’s continuity. The third story fills in some of the story about how Strong got to the Dark Multiverse in the first place. All three stories were paced well and had some really great art.
The Terrifics Annual #1
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