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[[Image:Metroid - Magazine Z - Covers.jpg|thumb|256x256px|Covers for both volumes.]]
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| Title            = Metroid
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| Image           = Metroid - Magazine Z - Covers.jpg
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| ImageDescription = Paperback - Japan - 1st edition of both volumes.
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| Author          = {{BookAuthor|Kouji Tazawa}}
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| PublishedYear    = 2003
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| PublishedMonth  = 11
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| PublishedDay    = ??
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| Type            = {{BookType|Fiction}}, {{BookType|Comics}}
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| Genre            = {{BookGenre|Science Fiction}}
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'''''Metroid''''' is a two-volume graphic novel written by [[Kouji Tazawa]] and drawn by [[Kenji Ishikawa]] and published in Japan by [[Magazine Z]] from November 2003 to May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the [[Metroid (universe)|Metroid series]] particularly the events leading up to and including Samus's [[Metroid: Zero Mission|Zero Mission]].
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'''''Metroid''''' is a two-volume graphic novel written by [[Kouji Tazawa]] and drawn by [[Kenji Ishikawa]]. It was initially and published in Japan by [[Magazine Z]], and later published in a two-volume anthology, the first volume in November 2003 and the second in May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the [[Metroid (universe)|''Metroid'' series]] particularly the events leading up to and including Samus's ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission|Zero Mission]]''.
  
==Status==
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==Personal==
I don't own this comic, but I have read a translated copy.
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| Read    = English translation.
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| Finished = 2018-02-06.
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I read this comic to better familiarize myself with the expanded ''Metroid'' universe.
  
 
==Review==
 
==Review==
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{{BookRating|4}}
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Metroid - Magazine Z - Volume 2 (Translated).pdf|Volume 2 (Translated to English).
 
Metroid - Magazine Z - Volume 2 (Translated).pdf|Volume 2 (Translated to English).
 
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Latest revision as of 13:25, 3 August 2023

Metroid

Metroid - Magazine Z - Covers.jpg

Paperback - Japan - 1st edition of both volumes.

Author Kouji Tazawa
Published 2003-11-??
Type Fiction, Comics
Genre Science Fiction
Themes Action, Science Fiction
Age Group Children

Metroid is a two-volume graphic novel written by Kouji Tazawa and drawn by Kenji Ishikawa. It was initially and published in Japan by Magazine Z, and later published in a two-volume anthology, the first volume in November 2003 and the second in May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the Metroid series particularly the events leading up to and including Samus's Zero Mission.

Personal

Own?No.
Read?English translation.
Finished2018-02-06.

I read this comic to better familiarize myself with the expanded Metroid universe.

Review

Overall:

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— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

  • A lot of the drawings in the comic are really nice, especially the action sequences.

Bad

  • The story is pretty juvenile and trope-heavy.
  • I don't care much for the character design of Samus as an adult, particularly because her forehead seems too big.
  • A lot of characters are new: the living Chozo, Samus's side-kicks, etc. However, since they don't appear in any of the games, and only play minor roles in the comic, it's hard to care about them.
  • There are a lot of action panels which are either so close up or so abstract that I can't tell what's going on.
  • Chibi and super-deformed artistic styles shouldn't be part of a comic with an adult theme, it just ruins the seriousness of it all.
  • A quibble, but, when Samus gets the Varia, her suit doesn't change to the Varia design.

Ugly

  • Over all, I didn't find the comic very interesting.
  • Despite taking you through all the major events of the Zero Mission, the comic ends without the game's resolution. This wouldn't be a problem since the game resolves the main plot line, but the comic created about a dozen ancillary characters with plot lines that abruptly stop with the comic, never seeing closure.
  • How is it a group of pirates are often more powerful than the entire Federation's military? I get that they have Mother Brain to guide them, but they were practically annihilated, and then, after only a decade or so, they become powerful enough to take on a multi-planet federation.

Media

Representation

Strong female character?Pass
Bechdel test?Fail
Strong person of color character?Fail
Queer character?Fail

Links

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