This isn't the mini where the hero's tied into H.G. Wells' work.

[thanekos]

It's the one where the villain is.

It's The Steam Man, adapted from Joe R. Lansdale's The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down.

Its Rider is as bad as its source's.



His vileness's related by the main character's narration, set against his work.



(The art's Piotr Kowalski.)



His origin, he related by and to himself in his lair.

" Once upon a time..

" .. I was an Englishman, and an inventor.

" I was great at what I did. So great, in fact..

" I invented a time machine. "



" .. at long last I glimpsed something that inspired hope. "

He found an idyllic sunlit green, inhabited by peaceful docile people. Among them, he found love.

It was taken him from by those of the night, violent predatory beasts.

He was the only one motivated to save her; he traveled farther into the future, to an end.



(Who hasn't been undone by accidental dropping?)



He got to when he was going safely, though, and was able to save her.



They fled, and found happiness.

It was temporary, though- a hunger consumed him, one he couldn't abate with food.

She insisted on trying to.

" You must- "

" I said.. "



Having broken himself, he tried to fix things..



.. and broke everything else.



(Yes, those are Martians.)

" I love it when my food comes to me. "

That's the main character and his crew in the last panel, driving the titular Steam Man; it sees action in the next issue, #3, exactly the action the cover promises.



(Oh yes, pagecount- 2 of 22 from #1 and 7 of 22 from #2. Script's by Mark Alan Miller.)

Comments

[dcbanacek]

That last page looks like giant versions of the Tin Man and the Scarecrow throwing down.

[crinos]

So, the guy from the Time Machine ended up becoming a vampire for reasons, killed is girlfriend, tried to go back to his own time, found it being invaded by the Martians, and then went "fuck it" and went back to the future to become kind of the Morlocks.

This is the most awesome thing ever.

[icon_uk]

This guy and Barry Allen should get together and hold seminars on "How to bugger up the universe with crappy time travel management".

[lb_lee]

This is incredibly petty of me, but weren't the Moorlocks specifically described as having pale white fur?

[donnblake]

No, see, those were Morlocks. These are... moorlocks. Extra o. Dark fur. Very important distinction. Yesyes.