Comic Book Review - Eve #2

Rob reviews Eve #2...

Eve #1 set its tone incredibly well and got this original story off to a very strong start. We followed the titular character - Eve - as she acclimatised to this strange post-apocalyptic world. While Eve #1 is short on its exposition, Victor LaValle focused on introducing us to Eve and her youthful outlook on life whilst drip-feeding the state of the world around her. 

This time around, LaValle throws the world-building onto the table. 

Eve #2 opens up in Earth orbit on the space station Osiris. Eve's father and a group of scientists are stationed on Osiris and are running experiments to revive the planets plant life. Meanwhile, on the surface below, Eve and her robot companion Wexler start their journey into the remains of New York City. 

It isn't long before Eve stumbles upon this worlds enemy (more below). This gives LaValle a chance to bring more world-building across to the reader and to show Wexler in action. And Boy! Can the robot teddy bear fight! Not only that, but it also further humanises Eve as the youngster is left alone with her thoughts. Which naturally turn towards her Mother and Father. 

As Wexler tackles the "monsters" he narrates to Eve how the world becomes a flooded wasteland. I fully expected Eve to be a somewhat "what-if" scenario of global warming's end-game. To an extent it is, but with a twist. As the polar ice continues to melt it unleashes an ancient virus from the ice. As the virus infected the world's population it made them hungry. So much so that humanity "ate" the world into the state that Eve finds it in, and not only that...the remaining humans are a somewhat zombie type race. Then, out of the blue, LaValle throws in that the virus is airborne and as such Eve is also infected! 

As I said in my review of Eve #1 - Victor LaValle is crafting something big here off of a story about global warming. As a character, Eve is incredibly relatable. There were plenty of moments where I could picture my daughter being thrust into this almost impossible situation. It's a scary thought but aside from an ancient virus - it's a distinct possibility...

Rating 10/10 

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