Given that Aster: The Last Celestial Knight #1 was the first issue in the 1995 series, I expected it to be the beginning of a story.

However, it seems that it continues from the conclusion of a previous series, and that makes it somewhat hard to follow for the uninitiated.

It’s a cosmic super hero tale in the ‘classic’ tradition, right down to its melodramatic dialogue and female characters who don’t have much in the way of motivation beyond looking sexy and wanting the hero.

It’s not great, to say the least, and certainly doesn’t inspire me to read any more issues of the series, but I must mention how spectacular the chromium cover is; not only is it super shiny (and wraparound, so it’s both the front and back of the comic), but it’s lightly textured too. Even with my penchant for the most ridiculously gimmicky covers of the 90s, this is one of the best I’ve ever seen.

It’s just shame that the story itself is so poor, and the art is variable in quality too. Still, it was incredibly cheap to pick up (shout out to Paradox Comics in Poole), and given its price, it was definitely worth it for the stunning cover alone.

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