This Mech Cadet Yu #5 exclusive puts young mech pilots on janitor duty
BOOM! Studios’ Mech Cadet Yu was one of this year’s most pleasant surprises, and the book was so successful that the publisher upgraded the miniseries to an ongoing after just one issue. Written by Greg Pak with art by Takeshi Miyazawa and colors by Triona Farrell, the series follows a teenage boy who works as a janitor at Sky Corps Academy, a training ground for cadets who will go on to pilot giant robots in an ongoing war against giant alien crabs. Stanford isn’t a Mech Cadet, but his life changes when one of those massive mechs unexpectedly chooses him as a pilot, sending him shooting up the ranks and pissing off people who don’t think he deserves it. Class plays a major part in the tension of the story, and in the new arc starting next month, the young pilots get a taste of Stanford’s old life when they are put on janitor duties after disobeying orders and engaging with their alien opponents last issue.