"Liquidator" - A Mixed Bag

"Liquidator" is a time travel adventure that sets up a very interesting world but has a plot that feels a little thin. 


Aubrey Street, a time traveling liquidator responsible for eliminating anachronisms in the timeline, is sent back in time to 1891 where a servant girl has gotten her hands on a copy of a feminist book from the future. When she can’t bring herself to kill the girl, she is swept up into a vast web of intrigue, secrets, and dark magic.

📖 “Liquidator Volume 1”

📝 Writer: Peter Milligan

👨🏻‍🎨 Artist: Piotr Kowalski

🖍️ Colorist: Brad Simpson

🔡 Letterer: Simon Bowland

🏢 Publisher: Mad Cave Studios 

🗓️ Published: May 19, 2026


Thank you for Mad Cave Studios for providing a free advance copy of this eComic for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. 



A mixed bag is the best way I can describe Liquidator.

The setup and world building of this comic is excellent. This time travel adventure almost feels more like an espionage thriller: Shadowy figures pull the strings of our protagonists and they very quickly learn they have very little real agency in the world. The world building is particularly strong. I found myself wishing for more time to explore the morally-gray agency responsible for liquidators. If you enjoyed the TVA in Disney+’s Loki, this will be right up your alley. 


The time travel mechanics are really interesting. The liquidators have to spend weeks acclimating themselves in a simulation on a new time period so their bodies don’t reject it. It almost reminded me of Somewhere in Time. 



This story has great thematic aspirations as well, exploring power dynamics, feminism, suicide, and the actions desperate people are willing to do to retake their agency. This comic is for adults and takes its subject matter seriously without a lot of gratuitous moments (other than one fan-servicey sexy page).


The art, too, is really pleasing. I enjoyed all of the different time periods we get to visit and the way Kowalski worked to make them feel distinct. 



Unfortunately, at least for me, the plot itself felt rushed and incomplete. The last issue especially felt incomplete and left me with lingering questions, especially concerning the moral consequences for some of our characters’ actions. 


Liquidator swings big with huge ideas and a compelling setting. For me, it felt like a swing and a miss that resulted in this comic feeling like a first chapter or a prequel - a great setup but with an incomplete payoff. 


That said, if you enjoy time travel adventures and heaver supernatural comics, it might work better for you than it did for me. 


2.5/5 Stars




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