A review by jakekilroy
The Manhattan Projects, Vol. 5: The Cold War by Rus Wooton, Nick Pitarra, Jonathan Hickman, Ryan Browne, Jordie Bellaire

4.0

This thing has a different tone than the volumes before it. There's almost an epilogue quality to it. Despite it still having the raucous energy, it's strangely reflective, even when it carries the cartoonish flag of mockery. The world's changing and all that, and yet, even in an insane alternate history where all the scientists and politicians were madmen at best and literal other-dimensions beasts at worst, you can feel the yearning for the younger days of exploration rather than living in the world they themselves created. It's all ruins, but there once felt a chance at kingdom, if not utopia — even when everyone was all batshit weird, manipulative, or straight-up evil.