Atiyeh’s coloring does a spot on job of recreating the virtual version of Omega, with characters bathed in red and orange lights, and a background fuzz resembling the film grain effect of the games. Omega’s a sleazy, grungy station, a shadowy reflection of the Galactic Citadel, where no one can be trusted, something Liara soon learns. Thankfully, this is still early on in the series, when she was an innocent archaeologist, instead of a chilly information broker, and this naivety is a core part of the comic, which sees her head to Omega, the de facto capital of the Terminus Systems, to search for Shepard’s body.

Liara T’Soni undertake a deadly mission of extraordinary importance in the Milky Way’s lawless Terminus Systems.įull disclosure: I have never liked Liara - it’s not her fault she’s one of the least interesting characters in the series, since there are so many, but her undue prominence because she’s one of the few who can’t die, and her blatant romantic interest in Shepard, made her one of the most grating ones. The story of what happens next - exclusive to this graphic novel - will have the commander’s companion Dr. The eagerly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster science-fiction epic IGN.com named the #1 Xbox 360 game of all time, Mass Effect 2 begins with the disappearance of Commander Shepard. Written by John Jackson Miller, Mac Walters

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