Devolution, Issue #5 concludes the mini-series. It's been in the dark bowels of my to-read pile since the end of last semester, when I was too busy to read for fun very much. It's a neat little story, though. Plagued by Islamic terrorism, the United States develops the DVO-8 bomb that cures people of the belief in God, but it goes terribly wrong. The bomb creates the "devolution" virus that causes every creature on the planet to devolve into giant, scary monsters, all but a few who have been inoculated. Raja, the daughter of one of the creators of the bomb, is one of those chosen few, and she must fight her way to San Francisco, where she can reverse the devolution virus.
There are a couple of nice themes touched upon in this series, and this issue. In particular, I like the environmentalist argument that humans are destroying the Earth. Also, one character puts forth the argument that evolution favors the selfish. This isn't necessarily something someone with a science background would agree with, but it fits the character. I do like how this series resolved, and I'm glad I finally got around to reading it. If you haven't followed the series, you can buy the trade paperback, which came out a few weeks ago.
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