GEIGER #7, by Image Comics on 10/9/24, continues the Glowing Man’s journey to find a cure, but he has to fight through the Queen’s knights and giant ants to get there.
Credits:
- Writer: Geoff Johns
- Artist: Paul Pelletier, Andrew Hennessy
- Colorist: Brad Anderson
- Letterer: Rob Leigh
- Cover Artist: Gary Frank, Brad Anderson (cover A)
- Publisher: Image Comics
- Release Date: October 9, 2024
- Comic Rating: Teen
- Cover Price: $3.99
- Page Count: 24
- Format: Single Issue
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Analysis of GEIGER #7:
First Impressions:
The first impression you get after finishing Geiger #7 is, “That was okay, but there’s not much to it.” We mentioned in last week’s review of Redcoat #6 that Geoff Johns’s titles tend to lack a hook that grabs you from the start, instead opting for serialized stories that grow on you. However, Geiger is getting dangerously close to becoming over-reliant on the reader’s patience.
Plot Analysis:
When last we left the eclectic cast of post-apocalyptic characters in Geiger #6, Barney, the two-headed dog, led a revolt of abandoned animals in a nearby zoo against a group of abusive poachers and animal wranglers.
In Geiger #7, Geiger the Glowing Man, Nat the Nuclear Knight, Barney the two-headed dog, and Zigzag the three-eyed zebra continue their trek to find the man who suffered the same affliction as Geiger but found a cure. Before they can reach Lewistown, Montana, they fight through a small group of the Queen’s knights, sent to kill Geiger as revenge for killing the Queen’s son.
How’s that for a setup? Geoff Johns starts the issue with a brutal fight that ends badly for the Queen’s knights. New readers hopping on to this title get an eyeful for how dangerous Geiger can be.
The leader of the knights, Goldfield, is a former colleague of Nate’s, so Geiger’s sidekick implores Goldfield to give up this bounty and go with them. Goldfield takes advantage of Nate’s pause to stab him. In return, Geiger sears Goldfield’s body to ash. The death weighs on Nate throughout the rest of the issue.
As with most of the previous issues, some pivotal event forces Nate, or Geiger, or both to reflect on what matters in this post-apocalyptic world. Give credit to Johns for continually infusing a sci-fi comic with grounded moments of humanity to make these characters as authentic as possible.
Later, Geiger and Nate continue driving toward Lewistown, Montana, when they cross paths with a trio of kids in radiation suits who are surrounded by giant, mutant ants. Geiger leaps into action and saves the kids. In kind, they offer to take Geiger and Nate to meet their settlement elders.
Overall, Geiger #7 is perfectly fine. You get moments of action and character development as Geiger continues his search for a cure. That said, the pacing for the arc as a whole is leisurely, and not much of note happens in this issue. Readers may come away from the reading experience underwhelmed.
Artwork and Presentation:
Likewise, the art is just okay. Paul Pelletier and Andrew Hennessy step in for Gary Frank to continue Geiger’s tale of woe. In any other comic, Pelletier and Hennesy’s artwork would earn top marks, but in this case, they have to follow Gary Frank, which is the tallest of tall orders. The art team does a good enough job, but this issue falls well short of Frank’s attention to detail and style.
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The Bigger Picture:
Series Continuity:
Ghost Machine’s promotional material continues to hint at a crossover involving Geiger, Junkyard Joe, and Redcoat in the near future. However, whatever event that brings those characters together has yet to appear, so if the goal is to build momentum for a major crossover, the train hasn’t left the station.
Final Thoughts:
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GEIGER #7 is a perfectly fine albeit sedate issue. Geoff Johns delivers a solid mix of action and art, but the plot pacing leaves much to be desired. Plus, the art team presents excellent art, but it’s a noticeable step down from series regular Gary Frank’s style.
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