Ocean

Warren Ellis’s Ocean is a taut, one-issue science-fiction thriller from Panini Deutschland, originally published in 2007. This standalone comic follows a team of UN weapons inspectors who discover a terrifyingly advanced alien technology preserved in cryogenic chambers on a derelict space station orbiting Jupiter. Ellis’s signature blend of hard sci-fi concepts and political paranoia drives the story, while the artwork (by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story) brings the cold, vast reaches of space and the eerie stillness of the alien artifacts to life. Though brief, Ocean stands as a tightly crafted, thought-provoking tale that explores humanity’s place in a universe far older and stranger than we imagine.