Last survivor of an apocalypse brought about by the eponymous, gargantuan creature, Dale continues to try and exact revenge against the Centipede for destroying the world.

Not just the world, either, but Dale’s world; and it’s way past time for him to work through some Daddy issues and genuine heartbreak as he goes in, all guns blazing.

I can’t help but chuckle to myself as I read this genuinely excellent adaptation of Atari’s early arcade classic, Centipede. I know all too well that there’s a few old school Atari fans out there who would absolutely detest this witty, vibrant and inclusive take on the very thin, original source material, and would almost certainly dismiss this 2017 comic book as ‘woke’. Which we all know by now to mean that these people, who use and abuse that term, want an excuse for all kinds of bigotry to be acceptable, instead of for it to be confronted and challenged.

Personally, I think it’s great; there’s the chance not just for writer Max Bemis to fill in some serious blanks in Dale’s past here, but also for artist Eoin Marron to sink his teeth into some really diverse material; there’s some humour in the action sequences, a lovely, heartfelt collection of tender moments and a really trippy sequence to top it all off too.

This is a great and vastly underrated series, which was perhaps written off by many before they even gave it a chance. It’s far surpassed my expectations. Centipede is a genuinely brilliant slice of post-apocalyptic sci-fi, with an excellent, very human drama at its core.