Comic review
Written by Paul Salamoff, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson
Art by Daniel Gete
Bluewater
Release date Out now

Approaching his Lastday, Sandman Logan decides he is going on the trail of the mythical Sanctuary, the target for desperate Runners seeking to avoid death at the age of 21...

If your only exposure to the concepts behind Logan's Run is either the Michael York movie or the cut-to-shreds version of the TV series that aired on Sci-Fi a few months back, be prepared for some shocks in this updating of the original novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.

While moving the date forward, and fleshing out the back-story considerably, writer Paul Salamoff has followed the original book more closely than any previous version, with artwork approved, and in some cases designed, by Nolan himself. Logan isn't a sympathetic figure, dedicated to the cause even to the extent of using his own impending death as a weapon in the fight against Runners, although he's been made more of a puritanical figure than the character in the book.

Daniel Gete's artwork seems well suited to the tale, taking some visual cues from the MGM movie, but mainly inspired by Nolan and Johnson's prose. With much of the first issue given over to a flashback to Logan's upbringing, and an equivalent amount in part two charting the downfall of mankind and explaining the changing colours in the hand crystals, hopefully the next few issues can move the plot forward a bit more quickly. Paul Simpson

VERDICT: 8/10
A lot of info-dumping, but an intriguing version of an SF classic.