Brian Wood

Simon Furman

Ten years ago, a mysterious ship crashed on Macross Island in the South Pacific. In the intervening years, the people of Earth have used the ‘Robotechnology’ from the ship to significantly advance their own technology. On the launch day of Earth’s Super-Dimension Fortress (the SDF-1), Earth is attacked by mysterious aliens. The SDF-1 is eventually forced to space-fold into space – but takes a chunk of Macross City with them (the city and its citizens are now inside the massive SDF-1). The SDF-1 is now in the midst of a long journey back to Earth. During a fierce space battle, the SDF-1 was forced to execute a modular transformation – causing considerable damage to the city within it. The humans won – but Captain Gloval’s body was found buried und the SDF-1’s internal wreckage… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

Robotech #5

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px} A mysterious incident occurs on a remote island… 10 years later, humanity has changed – but danger looms from the skies and an epic adventure is set to begin… Not just another retelling of the Macross saga ... The story continues as we bring Carl Macek's original vision full circle. Taking into account every iteration of the series, this new Robotech #1 casts a fresh eye over classic characters like Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Lynn Minmei, Roy Fokker, Claudia Grant, and Henry Gloval. Brian Wood and Marco Turini take us back to a Macross Island where nothing can be taken for granted.

Robotech #1

Sans

I grew up watching Robotech on tv. I've rewatched the series well over two dozen times since it originally aired (we recorded each episode on the VCR and I still have those tapes in the garage). I'm not sure if my extensive and long -lasting love for and knowledge of the Americanized trilogy puts me at a disadvantage here or not. 

I can't help but compare the dialogue, the characters, even the action and backgrounds to the anime so I'm not sure how a newcomer would receive the comic, having no previous exposure to the show. Is it better if your childhood isn't being rebooted in floppy format? Or does it make it confusing? Maybe this really is for first timers and not for the diehard lifelong fans? I'll keep reading but I'm not excited about this comic now.

On the launch day of the Super-Dimension Fortress (the SDF-1), Earth is attacked by mysterious aliens. The SDF-1 is eventually forced to ‘space fold’ into space – but takes a chunk of Macross City with them (the city and its citizens have been moved inside the massive SDF-1). The SDF-1 is now lost in space, while the aliens prepare to attack again… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

Robotech #4

Idk if I'm being a brat or an old fogie rattling on about the good old days. Maybe it's just me and this series is fine. Huge time skips and glossed over plot points annoy me. Make me want to stamp my foot and tell the creator to do it better. It's not a great attitude to have when trying to read something for fun. I may have to break up with this series.

Better. I think bringing Furman in on scripting has helped quite a bit, not to mention the larger deviations from the original series. 

I also had a realization while reading this. I hear the voices in my head while reading (please, please tell me I'm not the only one who does) and Khyron sounded just like James Mason. I don't know how I missed that in the 30 years I've been watching the anime, but yeah. Gregory Snegoff must have been channeling Mason for that character.

As the aliens increase their attack, the SDF-1 is forced to ‘space-fold’ into space – but takes a chunk of Macross City with them – plus Rick and Minmei in their Veritech. Rick blasts his way into a lower part of the SDF-1. But when the space-fold technology disappears from the SDF-1, the crew may be lost in space… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

Robotech #5

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