There’s a citywide blackout, with both violent crime and theft on the rise. Animals are being killed, actual shadows are seemingly assisting with theft, and there’s even groceries being poisoned. John Jones and his Martian companion seem to be seeing everything, but not always in time to stop it; including something that’s heading straight for them…

Absolute Martian Manhunter continues to be the most surreal, outright dark comic from one of the Big Two in a very long time. There’s some truly grim stuff here, presented in the psychedelic splashes of colour, light and shadow that the series has employed to absolutely stunning effect so far.

Though the one main complaint there could be about the series so far is that it has lacked a specific, tangible antagonist, that seems to be correcting itself by the end of this fifth issue. It could also be said that it’s starting to drift too far into dark surrealism, with cruelty and nastiness far too prominent in the rather grim, somewhat nihilistic narrative, such as it is.

However, there’s no denying that Absolute Martian Manhunter is a unique experience; there’s nothing quite like it, and that’s definitely a very strong argument for continuing to check out this colourfully bold experiment in almost Lynchian, nightmarish dream logic.

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