A roguish band of misfits and underdogs (and an adorable, if monstrous, creature known as an Otyugh) bump into some old ‘friends’, and, determined to outshine them in a local tournament, plan a raid on a treasure-filled tomb nearby. Only to find out that there’s a reason the treasure has remained there for so long…

Having appeared in two prose novels already, The Fallbacks seem like a well established, very nicely developed team already. Though comic scribe Greg Pak didn’t create them or write the novels (Jaleigh Johnson being the writer whose credit should be recognised in that regard), he seems to have a great grasp of each character; this first issue is a fantastic showcase for the entire team, their diverse personalities and quirks.

It’s a genuinely enjoyable, action-packed issue that hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until it absolutely has to, striking a similar action comedy vibe to the Dungeons and Dragons movie, Honour Among Thieves. That’s certainly not a bad thing, and The Fallbacks feel like they’re a similar ragtag band of ne’er-do-wells to those in the movie. Their hearts are in the right place, even if their actions and methods aren’t exactly Lawful Good.

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