Comics: The Woods ~ Issue 3

Story by: James Tynion IV

Illustrated by: Michael Dialynas

BOOM! Studios
(5/5 ★★★★★)

(Cover A by Ramon K. Perez)

The Plot:

Adrian's group encounters a green gigantic monster bear dinosaur in the woods. Stranger things occur as the insect bite in Calder's arm begins to emit pheromones which had led the monster to them in the first place. Crazy bugs soon emerge from the inflammation and emitted more pheromone gasses to the group. The issue ends with the group seeing an Aztec temple.

The Good:

This issue gave us a lot of crazy stuff. Pheromone releasing bugs that are almost the same size as a cat? That is really intense. Imagine if that was a mosquito ready to suck on your blood. It sure does beat going to the hospital and having a blood donation.

Aside from the strange creatures, a lot of scenes also took place at Bay Point Preparatory High School. The struggle for control and order has emerge, which is seen through the disassemble of the student body.

This ensuing tension was greatly given to us by the creators of The Woods.

The Bad:

One can't just wait to get hold of the next issue in order to know what happens next to the group.

The Verdict:

The 3rd issue of The Woods reveals to us that even after being abducted by aliens, the evil nature of man shows. As Bay Point Preparatory High faces dictatorship and the group in the woods struggle for survival, the instinct to live surpasses among other things.

The Woods just gets more exciting as we ponder for the connection of the Aztec temple in all of this.

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Comics: The Woods ~ Issue 2

Story by: James Tynion IV

Illustrated by: Michael Dialynas

BOOM! Studios
(5/5 ★★★★★)

(Cover A by Ramon K. Perez)

The Plot:

Previously, the whole Bay Point Preparatory High School was abducted into an unfamiliar planet in a solar system not resident of Earth.

In this issue, it continues to explore the mystery of the planet as familiar earthly problems arise for the Bay Point Preparatory High School Community. This issue ends with Adrian's group, which has been venturing off deep into the woods, encountering a big four red eyed green alien monster.

The Good:

An alien monkey is nicely added to Adrian's group as they dwell deeper into the woods. It instantly becomes attached to Isaac after feeding it with beef jerky. This little alien monster is one cute but scary pet to have around.

The Bad:

Nothing much is revealed in this issue regarding to where they are and what is the reason for their abduction.

The Verdict:

This issue does not reveal much to what we had already known from the previous one. Despite that, the plot is still interesting enough to get you coming back for the third issue. The craziness in this alien abduction themed story can still keep you wanting to know more.

"Can't live in a crazy forest that's trying to kill you without a top-of-the-line stabbing stick." - Calder Macready

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Comics: The Woods ~ Issue 1

Story by: James Tynion IV

Illustrated by: Michael Dialynas

BOOM! Studios
(5/5 ★★★★★)

(2nd Printing Cover)

This is my first review on a BOOM! Studios comic and I'm glad to say that this is a great opening story for The Woods.

The story initially takes place in Bay Point Preparatory High School in Milwaukee, WI. It starts by introducing the main characters. We are started off with two close friends Karen Jacobs and Sanami Ota, the Vice President of the student council. Then to Calder Macready, who is later hunted down by the two friends for his streaking performance. This chaos then went on to the hallway which disturbed Maria Ramirez, the President of the student council, and John Beaumont, the school principal. The streaker then ran over to Benjamin Store and Isaac Andrews. The scene then leaves the streaker and focuses on Isaac where he went to Adrian Roth, a genius, who is found busy in the computer room. At this moment the whole school body sees a blinding flash of light before darkness suddenly falls upon them. The entire school body is then enveloped by chaos due to the horrors brought about by an attack of bats from a dead tree up to Carrie Hill being devoured by a winged beast in the chemistry lab. This issue ends with a group of five students making their way into the woods to search for the truth of the sudden abduction of their school in this alien territory.

 

Once again, I say that this is a nice 1st issue for The Woods. The cover, even though it's the 2nd print that I got, remains to be an eye catcher. Just wait till you get to read it. Surely you'll be eagerly wanting to know and get your hands on the next issue of this alien abduction themed story from BOOM! Studios.

"This is what you need to understand. No one is coming for us." - Adrian Roth

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