We Three Kings

(Epoch, 2002)
™ and © Epoch

They’re not from the Orient, they’re not traveling afar, and they’re certainly not bearing gifts. (None you’d want, at any rate.) The “Three Kings” are the genetically enhanced identical rulers of a future world in this story by Rick Lundeen.

The story is broad in scope, reaching from Nazi experimentation in World War II to about 90 years from today. We also follow the protagonists’ personal histories, from birth through careers in the Secret Service to their assuming control like three super-powered Al Haigs.

The scope of the tale may be too big for the package, being better suited to a three-issue arc, perhaps, but Lundeen makes it work. There are places where it would be nice to have more depth, such as the backgrounds of the rebels who plot the Kings’ downfall, but these are not grievous faults.

Most of the art is standard comic-book fare, but some is noteworthy. Backgrounds are occasionally blurred, as in photographs. The auras around headlights look real. A fire creature is particularly impressive. Lundeen knows how to apply his computer effects without overdoing it. He also does a capable job depicting a society just under a century hence. It is not Star Trek-style science fiction; it more closely resembles the current world, with some innovations in fashion and auto design.

All in all, We Three Kings is a solid tale, start to finish, Done in One. It’s certainly worthy of the reader’s time and dime.

— Jack Abramowitz

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