Bug! The Adventures of Forager (2017) #1 by Lee Allred


Bug! The Adventures of Forager (2017) #1
Title : Bug! The Adventures of Forager (2017) #1
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 31
Publication : Published May 10, 2017

An all-new Young Animal miniseries begins! Forager is just one of the Hive before he breaks out of his cocoon and finds himself in a mysterious house in an unknown realm. There he meets all kinds of strange a ghostly girl, a talking teddy bear and otherworldly weirdos that have literally jumped out of his worst nightmares. But these interdimensional oddballs are nothing compared to the evil General Electric, who is on the hunt for a reality-bending metal that could alter the fabric of life itself. To stay one step ahead of him and preserve the multiverse, Forager must travel through alternate dimensions to seek the metal and, hopefully, catch up with that cagey stuffed bear. If he does it, will he finally be able to distinguish himself as a New God? DC’s Young Animal celebrates Jack Kirby’s centenary with this new six-issue miniseries-and who better to tackle this task than the Eisner Award-winning Allred clan! Featuring scripts by Lee Allred (BATMAN ’66), art by Michael Allred (Silver Surfer) and colors by Laura Allred (Lady Killer), BUG! is truly a family affair.

Bug! The Adventures of Forager (2017) #1 Reviews

  • Dan Schwent

    Some time after his apparent death, Forager wakes up in the basement of a house on Earth with a talking teddy bear and a creepy little girl for company. Then things get weird...

    Michael Allred has been one of my favorite comic book artists for aeons. When I saw he was teaming with his brother to do Bug! The Adventures of Forager, my curiosity was piqued. I only knew Forager from the New Gods entry in the 1980s version of Who's Who in the DC Universe and the awful "Olsen-bug" version from Countdown.

    According to an interview I read before picking this up, Lee and Michael Allred became obsessed with Forager because of a battered copy of New Gods #9 at their guitar teacher's place when they were kids. Since Forager only made three appearances, including his death in Cosmic Odyssey, they pretty much had a clean slate.

    The book reads like a love letter to Jack Kirby's DC creations from the first panel. Bug tears out of a cocoon and gets plunged neck deep in strangeness. Without spoiling too much, Bug teams up with another Jack Kirby creation from the 1970s to take on a super villain named General Electric.

    The first issue is mostly setup but does a great job of setting the tone. Michael Allred's retro-style art is marvelous, as always, and his brother's writing works toward his strengths, making for one hell of a fun comic. Not only does it make me anxious for the rest of the series, it makes me want to try the rest of the Young Animals line and read all the 1970s Jack Kirby DC comics I can find. Five out of five stars.

  • Kori ☾

    I have no clue what is going on. Did I miss something? Is there a series before this that I am supposed to read? Not a fan.

  • Siona St Mark

    A weirdie beginning, but interesting.

  • T. Scott

    I love this art style but the story was crazy hard to follow.

  • Babs

    Yay New Gods strangeness!

  • Mouse

    Oof... hard to make it through. This book is all over the place. Love the Kirby inspired art though.

  • Vinton Bayne

    Just as weird and wild as I hoped and expected from the Allred clan! It has that Madman feel and I love the New Gods connections. Also heavily reminds me of Vertigo's Brother Power the Geek.