Written by K. Perkins, Mellow Brown

Art by Fernando Dagnino

Creative Consultants Mike Johnson, Michael Green

Titan Comics, out now

Los Angeles 2009 and the ‘awakened’ Replicants have banded together to save the residents of Sector 6-B from Ilora’s rage-furled destruction.

The Blade Runner prequel series concludes its second act by setting up all the pieces for its final movement. Make no mistake, there’s a lot characters in play, but by this stage we’re clear as to where the battle lines have been drawn, and they have indeed been drawn beautifully by Fernando Dagnino in this action-fuelled instalment, which breathlessly goes from page to page in splashes of fire and flying limbs.

Verdict: After an initial wobble while the series established its own identity, Blade Runner: Origins has evolved into an exciting lead-in to the classic movie. 8/10

Nick Joy