Shockrockets
Series Gorilla; collection Dark Horse.
We
Have Ignition (w Kurt Busiek; a Stuart Immonen and Wade Von Grawbadger).
[From Dark Horse Comics: It's 2071 A.D. And in the wake of a devastating
alien war, Earth is protected by the Shockrockets--an unbeatable squadron
of hi-tech aerial fighter craft, built from a fusion of captured alien technology
and the best Earth has to offer. Manned by the world's most elite pilots,
the Shockrockets protect an unstable Earth as it rebuilds. But now the Shockrockets
face their most dangerous challenge‹an all-out strike to take over
Earth from the military genius that saved the planet, a generation ago.
And their only real hope is Alejandro Cruz, a young man who becomes the
newest Shockrocket pilot by a freak of chance--and whose outsider status
will prove to be the only thing that can unlock the true secret of the Shockrockets
technology, and give the world a chance to remain free.] Book of
the Week 9/22/04