Nameless is far from a perfectly lucid single issue, or a #1, but it overflows with haunting imagery and sensational art by Chris Burnham. This is Burnham and colorist Nathan Fairbairn's book at this stage, with Morrison's authorial voice a bit more subdued (his dialogue is spare; the book lives strongest in dreamy action). There are labyrinthine twists, and provocative ideas take center, but the book's intent is not clear yet.

Still, we have a central conflict with real stakes (I think?), where an asteroid is set to collide with Earth, and further installments that I foresee will illuminate the vagaries of #1. This is not a book for everyone, but if you enjoy suspenseful withholding, disorientingly sequenced circumstances, and cryptic symbolism, this is the comic for you. Nameless reminds me of the work of my two favorite Davids, Lynch and Cronenberg, but working with an unlimited budget and sadistically nihilistic tendencies.