The Whisper War #1 Review

 

Writer: Marc Guggenheim

Artist: Sedat Oezgen

Colorist: Carlos Cabrera

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Cover Artists: Sedat Oezgen & Carlos Cabrera

Designer: Travis Escarfullery

Publisher: Comixology

Price: $2.99

Release Date: February 10, 2026

 

Once, Alex Jindari was a police officer. He helped uphold law and order on Imprimata. But something prompted him to abandon his career and his world. Why did Alex exile himself from society to mine asteroids? And how does he enjoy working for the Lexan Mining Corporation? Let's put on our spacesuits, leap into The Whisper War #1, and see!

 

Story

Alex lives on Orbital Staging Station G11. Each day, as Alex straps on his spacesuit, drops down to an asteroid on a tether, and begins drilling, the unreality of his situation hits him. He used to be a cop. Alex guesses his work was important. He supposes that he left the police force before one of the criminals he tried to apprehend shot him. But when Alex looks in a mirror, he sees a scar he doesn’t remember receiving.

 

In The Whisper War #1, Alex inhabits a world ruled by Artificial Intelligence. When a Carabinieri Inspector requests his help, Alex has no option but to comply. The Algo identified him as the person most likely to solve a murder. So, reluctantly, Alex returns to his homeworld with Inspector Seeva Dessin.

 

After introducing the sweeping events that shaped Alex’s section of the galaxy, Marc Guggenheim's mystery follows Alex's investigation through his eyes. As Seeva ushers Alex into the Carabinieri headquarters, Alex yearns to impress her. The Inspector has a strange way of compelling him to tell her things he wouldn't ordinarily share with strangers. While Alex finds Seeva amenable to his requests, the medical examiner maintains a professional distance from the outsider. After all, Alex is no longer a cop. And he was never a member of the prestigious Carabinieri.

 

As Alex investigates a mysterious death on Imprimata, he throws himself into danger. The former cop who prides himself on getting out before a criminal shot him risks his life to determine if the person who fell from a building 500 stories high was pushed or leapt. But his bravery isn’t the only reason the Algo selected him, as the robot medical examiner discovers in The Whisper War #1.

 

Art

As warships cruise between planets, assault craft soar over cities. Soldiers die amid explosions or kill each other with knives and swords. Then Sedat Oezgen rockets to the present day, where Alex dons a spacesuit that evokes plate armor. Harnessed to the space station by a tether, he descends to an asteroid pitted with craters. Then, Alex uses his jackhammer-like drill to dig for gemstones.

 

Like the mother-of-pearl nugget Alex unearths, nearby planets glow with violet, turquoise, lavender. While light infuses the orbital station’s corridors, yellow and orange dominate The Whisper War #1. They color the air in the cabin of Seeva’s ship as it hurtles through Imprimata’s atmosphere. Elevated highways wind between skyscrapers gleaming with yellow and orange windows as the craft descends. But as the interior lights of Carabinieri HQ illuminate the vast lobby and crowded examination room, they recall a battlefield where an explosion ripped soldiers apart. And as Alex and Seeva interact with Jasper, their faces stare back at them from the medical examiner's orange visor.

 

Dave Sharpe places black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons, and Alex's thoughts in green-and-white narrative boxes. The dialogue grows bold for intonation, enlarges for intense emotion, and never shrinks. Sound effects enhance the action as Alex follows up a lead and makes a discovery. But the medical examiner's dialogue boxes with lightning bolt arrows seem destined to prevent the robot from trusting the cop who abandoned his brothers in blue. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

After surviving an event that could destroy civilization, the people of Imprimata get on with their lives. People like Alex Jindari pursue different professions and wonder why they left their former occupations behind. But when a society chooses to forget a traumatic event, remembering what happened and how society recovered leads to murder in The Whisper War #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For more on this series and the creators, see my spotlight on The Whisper War #1.