Metroid (Magazine Z)

Metroid is a two-volume comic written by Kouji Tazawa and drawn by Kenji Ishikawa and published by Magazine X from November 2003 to May 2004. It was created as the backstory of the Metroid series.

Status

I don't own this comic, but I have read the first volume.

Review

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.
• 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 very quickly become powerful enough to take on a multi-planet federation.
• A lot of characters were added that don't appear in any of the games.
• The chibi art tossed in with the blood and action only serves to remind you that you're reading something for kids.

Ugly

• Nothing, but I didn't find it very interesting.