Spector: Integrity
writer: Doug Wagner
artist: Carlos Ezquerra (Page 3-22) and Dan Cornwell (Page 23-102)
Colorist: Dylan Teague
letter: Jim Campbell
Publisher: Rebellion
No one likes to sarcasm law and justice Doug Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Their most important creativity, Judge Dredd, is essentially a “view and laughter” of policing the United States and Britain, where judges roam the streets without asking any questions, while sentenced to a thousand years in prison to various criminals. With their icons, the Powerhouse team announced a new comic that announced a robot detective who was programmed to be honest with the title Spectorwould make anyone think we are a variant of the Dredd formula.
This fact has nothing to do with facts. Spector Perhaps the irony of Wagner and Ezquerra is that the sci-fi future they have drawn is more terrifyingly reasonable than those drawn in Dredd Comics. This is perhaps why this story has caused so much humor. It would be easier to laugh at the coming bad luck, rather than just screaming in horror.
Take a quick note. Artist due to the death of Ezquerra Dan Cornwell Being brought in to complete the story. The styles vary, but Cornwell manages to capture Ezquerra’s vision. The book is still cohesive and always respects the original design.
Spector Follow a robot detective who is programmed to be immune to the effects of bribery and corruption in the city of the future, you may be in 2000AD (Dirty, Cyberpunk-ish and Orwellian). The robot rides on the Spector, who looks like an old-fashioned American Marshal, crosses with Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator. He even tried to learn some jokes that made it more relevant to his flesh and blood, like a travel robot. Human police are not full of enthusiasm. Given the unrestricted degree of immoral depravity of the department, the police do not believe they can commit their daily sins without being defeated by the Spector.
Given the interference caused by good police just because of the existing ones, Spector spent the entire story in an attempt to clean up the system to avoid character assassination and regular assassination sites. To start the issue, he was murdered by a politician to see if this public relations nightmare is enough to order the formal shutdown of the robot operation. From there, things escalated.
The comics have plot structures in case, but they are all interconnected, and they are built on a larger narrative in the last story. But each chapter is more ridiculous than the previous one and therefore more ironic.
Wagner’s script will make the author’s lifelong fans and 2000ADwhich does feel like a bit backward. The moral dilemma of robots taking over legal responsibilities is not lost, but they can simplify something that can be reliably created for society with commentary. The solution is built on artificial, which illustrates the inability of human beings to comply with simple moral laws. However, Wagner argues about this in a classic sci-fi framework Isaac Asimov More than the current debate on artificial intelligence.
This is not a story about the dangers of AI. Spector Ultimately it’s about moral expectations and whether the power of integrity has a chance to make things better. Wagner seemed to think that no matter what form he took, he would encounter resistance.
This is where Spector completely distinguishes itself from Dredd. Wagner is careful not to let his robot detectives represent the dangers of unrestricted legislation, and when the position of power (explored by Dredd), the law enforcement can easily get stuck in fascist behavior. Instead, Spector talks about the importance of holding moral and moral actions. That is, we prove the difficulty of following the rules and the absolute difficulty of keeping everyone accountable for their actions. That is, unless you are a morally reasonable robot. In this case, you’re fine.
Ezquerra and Cornwell capture this nicely, relying on some radical farce to make things liven up. They guided some level of reminder Robocop. The robot looks like a killing machine, with a violent setting set to Ultra and poses a serious threat to anything blocking anything.
Surprisingly, the creative team is free to borrow from the Inspector Gadget Playbook here as they provide Spector with some pretty abilities to fight these bad robots. For example, he could reach a higher position with his hands and pick up the bad guy from a distance. If he suffers combat damage, spare parts are always available to master. It’s fun to make some real dynamic sequences that offer the best in both artists. It’s obvious that everyone is having fun making this comic.
Spector Like the best guitar riff ever. It’s funny, and there’s something to say, it reminds longtime fans of something that legend can still stand out on the comic page. Ultimately, it’s bittersweet, knowing we won’t get any new Ezquerra comics in the future. But he did leave our last blockbuster, which echoed the greatness of his past work while demonstrating his ability to continue to innovate even in the last few days.
Verdict: Purchase
