Milestone: God Quest #1 is a comic written by Vito Delsante with art by Ariel Medel, Jagdish Kumar, and Omi Remalante. Milestone travels through time, space, and dimensions in an attempt to get back home. This is a superhero and science fiction comic with a bit of historical fiction thrown in. The leading man for this tale is Milestone, a superhero with the ability to fly, super-strength, invulnerability, and other super powers. He’ll come across many other heroes and villains of varying familiarity. The story begins with Milestone and a prisoner in a spaceship traveling to Mars. We then get flashbacks(?) to different times where we get to see Milestone in action. This takes place on earth or in space in a world almost identical to ours. The action here is explosive with some gruesome shots but no blood. The pacing is steady but you might get confused by the jumping back-and-forth between worlds and time. The tone is lightly serious with more than few intense moments. The dialogue is mostly conversational with the occasional technical jargon as well as a bit of scene-setting narration. This is a comic about a hero that has lived a complicated life and is just trying to get home.

            The art here has the sharpness, shading, and smoothness seen in modern superhero comics. The color range here is wide with good variety on every page. The primary source of scenery is the soft-colored sky and space with most earth scenes taking place in the inner city. The main location is the spaceship Milestone travels in or London, England. The spaceship looks high-tech but isn’t biggest whereas London is currently being bomber so there are a lot more ruins and rubble around. The backgrounds usually show the scene which adds weight to the scene. The expression level here is a bit below-average as the characters central on the page are frequently hard-faced and stoic. The main emotions we’ll see displayed are shock and anger with a decent amount of confusion. The faces are detailed with the occasional heavy shading and all the look come across clearly. The violence is explosive with the gruesome moments involving fire. The action scenes have a very straightforward flow and there are a few.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley and you enjoy this universe.

“Would I like this?”

If you like science fiction stories starring a black superhero attempting to travel home through time and dimensions with violence then this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“This isn’t right. I think I’m making this up.”

 

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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 24

Violent Pages: 10, for 42% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 4

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 4

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 1

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”