Zeb Larson reviews Zombies Vs Robots #6…
“Inherit the Earth!,” part 6! On the Amazons’ island, forces converge in a battle between damaged robots, rotting zombies, invaders from the moon… and humans caught in the middle! Then, in the finale of “The Orphan,” everything blows up.
Another issue of Zombies Vs Robots and another example of thoroughly entertaining writing. In the last issue, the ‘Inherit the Earth’ storyline left us with a right cliffhanger as our grounded astronauts and Warbot 7-G were attacked by a horde of zombies. This issue completes this battle but are anymore humans destined to be killed in this battle? We also see the return of a villain from a previous issue.
Chris Ryall is now starting to bring all the threads of what at first seemed individual plotlines together and this can only become an even better and more enjoyable read than what it is now. Anthony Diecidue continues with his excellent artwork which helps brings to life the weird and wonderful creations of the Zombies vs Robots universe.
On a sad note, this issue sees the finale of ‘The Orphan’ written by Steve Niles. For me, this was the most enjoyable story. The creation of the robot, the development of the friendship and the conflict with the rogue robot was brilliantly put together and so it is with great sadness that it ends this issue. Will it end with tears or laughter?
Special mention should also be made to the Subscriber cover by Mark Torres and is a nod to that classic retro game, Dig Dug. I find many of the subscriber covers to be extremely good quality and worthy of making a subscription.
Zeb Larson
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Originally published June 26, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
