SPOILERS: Review: Manifest Destiny # 1
MANIFEST DESTINY #1 Written by Chris Dingess Art by Matthew Roberts Published by Image Comics (November 13, 2013) Manifest Destiny is a fantasy retelling of the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the American West. Writer Chris Dingess springboards his story off of an actual historic oddity: President Thomas Jefferson believed that a real possibility existed that Lewis and Clark would come across prehistoric beasts and lost tribes of mythological people. Sadly, that proved not to be the case; the expedition merely encountered countless aboriginal tribes, all of whom were informed they were now American citizens to be ruled by the Great Father in Washington DC. But in Dingess’ alternative tale, monsters do indeed exist in the dark unexplored reaches of the newly purchased American West. We quickly discover that the true purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition is not so much to explore the Louisiana Purchase, as much as it is to seek out and remove supernatural creatures fro...