Hey, superhero fans! If you’re looking for some indie-comics entertainment that harkens back to the Bronze Age titles of the 1970s, then here’s some good news: available right now is the second issue of a new series from indie publisher Oniric Comics: Sideral: The Last Earthman!
Created by plotter/artist/Oniric president Chris Malgrain and scripted by yours truly, Steven A. Roman, Sideral is about a scientist who makes an astounding breakthrough guaranteed to change the world—just in time for the world to be destroyed when nuclear war breaks out. Caught in a unique combination of radiation and genetic transformation triggered by his experiments, as Earth’s lone survivor he becomes the cosmic entity called Sideral, and sets out to find some meaning to his existence among the stars. In issue 2, he finds evidence of at least one intelligent species that exists somewhere in the vastness of space—but will he be able to protect that evidence before a horde of ravenous space birds tries to eat it?
The series is already popular with fans of Bronze Age (i.e., 1970s) comic books—the kind both Chris and I grew up with—as evidenced by a review from host Lloyd Smith of the site Diversions of the Groovy Kind:
“Sideral is another in the ‘New Groovy Age’ style (that’s what I’m gonna call it) that totally nails the look and feel of 1970s comics. The plot, the script, the art, the use of captions, word balloons, flashbacks, chapters…it’s all so Bronze Age that it just makes my heart smile!”
Sideral: The Last Earthman #1–2 are available for $3.99 each in print and FREE as digital downloads from Oniric Comics’ product page at IndyPlanet. If you’re into Bronze Age comics and “cosmic” superheroes like Marvel’s Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel, then Sideral is definitely worth checking out!
