Review: Dark Matter



When it's time to call in the big guns, you want to be sure you've got a crew that can handle whatever comes their way. Muscle and heavy artillery will go a long way, but for that extra edge you need a team with something special... Dark Matter are not your everyday mercenaries; these guys also have some very effective psychic abilities.

The Narata Corporation in the Draco galaxy calls the team in for a retrieval mission. The planet Shipway Minor is stick in the middle of a permanent war zone. Buried under the ruins of the once-great Library of Ages in the city of Fabery is a data crystal containing a wealth of knowledge that the galaxy needs. The crystal is secured in a psi-locked vault which only this particular team can break into...

Dark Matter by writer Alan Holloway and artist Ian Beadle is the eleventh editon of Sentinel, an independent sci-fi/horror/fantasy series created by a variety of guest creators. In this issue the emphasis is very much on lots of action: guns blazing, hulking mutant alien goons, high-tech war mechas and deadly psionic mind blades... There is never a dull moment when this bunch is on the job.

Beadle's monochrome art is sharp and slick, nicely detailed with some delightfully sinister characters. Mature readers may recognise a Strontium Dog vibe here; rough guns for hire with dazzling high-tech gadgets, questionable morals and a penchant for humungous explosions. With 65 pages of content, that is a generous serving of sci-fi adventure.

This outer space A-Team has its work cut out for them once they land on the war-torn planet; perverse scavenger bikers, heavily armed alien soldiers, bestial orc-like grunts... nothing they can't take in their stride, however. 

But is this really a mission to enrich the scientific and intellectual culture of the galaxy? Or do their employers have less lofty motives in mind? In a universe as big and dark as this one it is not easy to know who can be trusted...







Zak Webber



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