Publisher: Dynamite Comics
Writer: Phil Hester
Artist: Brent Peeples
Colourist: Morgan Hickman
Release Date: 13 July 2016
Price: $3.99

Penultimate issues like Gold Key Alliance #4 do not come any more heart-pounding suspenseful than this!

You know the line-up by now: Turok, Son of Stone, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Samson and Dr Solar, Man of the Atom. After fighting disparate foes in their individual realities they are finally brought together. And if you thought one band of diverse heroes was good, what about two, or three or more?

As the multiverse in Gold Key Alliance #4 looks set to explode, all the different incarnations of our heroes are brought together for one last cosmic battle against the forces of evil. The road to this team-up to end all team-ups is one long, action-packed extravaganza. In Gold Key Alliance #4 the pace never slackens and surprise follows surprise as our gallant band try to figure out just what the heck is going on here.

The cover of Gold Key Alliance #4 is a classic comic book tease that we’ve all seen many times before but which never fails to make our pulses race and Brent Peeples’s artwork has just crossed the line from good to extraordinary accomplished. Before this series, Magnus, Turok, Solar and Samson were struggling to find a place in the current comic book cosmos.

Now, thanks to writer Phil Hester they are right where they should be in Gold Key Alliance #4, at the very top of the creative tree. Gold Key is setting the Gold Standard for superhero excitement and next issue finale looks set to be awesome and that rare thing in comic books, unmissable!

 

 

Reviewer: Gary Orchard
Reviews Editor: Steve Hooker