‘Pacific Rim: Blackout’ by Cavan Scott with art by Nelson Daniel is a graphic novel prequel to the Netflix series Pacific Rim: The Black.

Herc Hanson has been fighting kaiju for a while and he’s good at it. He’s less good at family stuff, so when his grown niece Olivia shows up, he knows he needs to talk to her, but then a crisis rises up in Australia that threatens the continent as well as Herc and Olivia;s chance for reconciliation. All that and some kaiju show up to fight giant robots (or Jaegers as the series calls them.

Familiarity with the world of Pacific Rim will help your enjoyment of this. The story is fine but the art is better.

This was a fantastic graphic novel. I really enjoyed read it. I'm not much a fan of the film but this book had me hooked. I loved every minute of it. The pictures were brilliant and I loved all the colours used it created an amazing sense of atmosphere. This novel is brilliant for ages 18 plus as it does contain some swear words. I just love the fact that there are wonderful graphic novels that are now targeted for adults and I'm thoroughly enjoying reading them.I loved the story line it was so action packed with a full on pace that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I even found myself laughing in some sections it brought out lots of emotions. I definitely recommend this amazing graphic novel. I will be looking out for more from this author and publishers. 

So much praise goes out to the author and publishing team for creating such a fantastic action pack none stop sci-fi graphic novel. 

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Always loved Pacific Rim, from the lore to the tech and of course, the notion that building giant robots to punch monsters is the best way to deal with said monsters. This is the story of how things came to be before the Netflix series Pacific Rim: Into the Black, detailing the last days of Hercules Hansen, one of the better characters in the first film, and certainly one of the most tragic.

While it adds considerable depth to the character of Herc, it feels like a wasted opportunity given the nature of that arc, and given the events at the beginning of Pacific Rim: Into the Black, I would have thought they'd have chosen a different character to work with. There isn't any catharsis into Herc losing Chuck, no greater meaning, no moment of respite, he remains a stoic brawler throughout, and while that's who he is, this doesn't add to that. There's a few new Jaegers and a few new Kaiju, but they serve as colour for the story, rather than anything meaningful.

I do love Pacific Rim, but the other graphic novels were more interesting by far than this, it's not to say that you shouldn't get it if you're also a fan of Pacific Rim, but it wouldn't have been my first choice..

I come into this with only having seen the first Pacific Rim movie, and I think it must be hard to think up new plots for yaeger/kaiju battles. There's only so much you can do with big robots clobbering interdimensional monsters. So the focus of your writing will probably move towards characterisation and interpersonal drama - basically war melodrama.

And that's more or less what we get in this book - there is a larger plot about population displacement, but the rest is all stilted drama. The characterisations are quite weak, and their dialogue is very soap opera-y and cliched. A personel carrier is destroyed, and one of the characters has a family member on board, but we only see that in flashback after the explosion, which seems the wrong order if you want me to care about what just happened.

There's enough clobbering, though.

This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.

Australia is now run over with higher classes Kaiju, and the number one priority is to evacuate the citizens of Australia.
Reading this comic brought back a lot of memories of watching the Pacific Rim movies.

Herc one of the pilots of the mecha Jaegers battles his personal losses of his family to the Kaiju attacks and his brother's death as well. Now, he's getting old but he feels guilty and doesn't want to give up.

There was so much emotion packed in the panels of this comic. You would find yourself disliking Herc for his arrogance and slowly coming to empathise with him. An Amazing character development arc that I loved.

This is a fast paced comic you could finish it in one sitting and still hunger for more. The colours were vibrant and the character drawings held so much emotions it seemed they came off the pages and became real, like a movie was playing and I wasn't reading a comic book.

Thank you for this arc. I can't wait for the next issue.

Was expecting to just enjoy reading this. A light hearted read of one of my favorite movie/comic fandoms but I genuinely enjoyed the ride.

This graphic novel is well illustrated and the story is well crafted. The Kaiju's albeit fierce looking are definitely also beautifully illustrated and detailed. The Jaegers are familiar(to me) and meaningful in all of their own specific ways.

Had me feeling a little choked up towards the end of the book. Definitely addresses a lot of things not just the battle between Kaiju and Jaeger but the behind the scene emotional toils for each Jaeger pilot. The inner workings of their relationships with those around them and the team that they wind up working with.

100% recommend this read for anyone whose a fan. And even if you're not it's quick enough that you should be able to enjoy it for all it has to offer.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Herc Hansen has a very tough job. He is an old tired pilot of a giant robot that is fighting to keep Australia free from kaiju of various sorts. The problem is that humans are losing the war. So they decide to evacuate in Operation Blackout, but kaiju interfere. Herc sets off on one last mission to rescue downed crew and passengers of a helicopter. Will he succeed or will his career go down in flames? Read and find out!

Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this title.

If you liked Pacific Rim, why have you not already picked up this book?
I burned through it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down.
It's everything a fan is looking for, monster vs robot, but with heart

Checking this out to give a report as a non-fan, I found nothing that would stimulate a newbie to jump on board here. Stupidly named giant robots – Jaegers – try and bash up sensibly-named giant monsters, until Australia is actually forced to do the unthinkable, and surrender her own territory. Cue an evacuation, but not even Jeff Wayne and Thunderchild could save this. I can't imagine much effort went into the artwork, especially as the battle scenes are very weak – and as for telling people apart once they're in the Jaegers... What it does do is show that there has been a big jump between the cinema efforts and the Nutflux animated series this advertises, but even so three stars is the absolute maximum this deserves.