This is a pretty amazing story.

Suppose that when King Midas wish that everything he touched, turned to gold, that mean not that when he used his hand to touch something, but everything that touched him, including the air he breathed. And each molocule, in turn, would change things to gold, if it was touched, and so on, until the whole world, including King Midas were turned into gold.

And on that day, all life on earth died. And although gold was still rare through the rest of the universe, it was not so on earth. And so the galactic government, hid the planet, and didn't allow anyone to approach it, until our heroes did. And that is where the story begins.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4904" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-11.45.00-PM.png" alt="Midus" />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4905" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-2.35.31-PM.png" alt="Midus" />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4903" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-11.45.34-PM.png" alt="Midus" />

The crew wants to solve the mystery of the gold planet, and discover why it has been hidden so long.

Along the way, there is evil and adventure, and gods. All good fun.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Great art style, a bit of Greek mythology and a dinosaur wearing a spacesuit. What’s not to love?
Obviously I enjoyed this a lot.

This story is so interesting. I'm a big fan of Squirrel Girl but I'd never heard of this comic before by Ryan North. I love the concept of taking mythology and saying "if this thing happened, what might happen thousands of years in the future as a repercussion of that?" and adding in sci-fi elements and dinosaurs. Anything is better basically with dinosaurs. If only this had a unicorn in too, then it'd be a 5 star read for sure.

This comic is very ambitious, trying to fit in all this worldbuilding and plot in an 8 issue comic series is kind of crazy, and it doesn't TOTALLY work (towards the end especially it gets real weird) but I respect that it tried! Speaking of worldbuilding- there isn't really any. Were told that the main characters we're following are the good guys who are rebelling against an evil empire but we're really shown very little of that because there just isn't time. It basically tells you enough that you go "OK it's like Star Wars then" and imagine most of it for yourself.

I think the 1st volume was better than the 2nd, it kind of lost me towards the end but overall I did really enjoy it and the art was really good. Very unlike Squirrel Girl but I'm glad Ryan North made this.

This graphic novel has basically everything I look forward to in a unique book:
1. Beautiful art
2. Compelling plot
3. SPACE
4. Freaking dinosaurs
5. CULTURAL DIVERSITY/THE BREAKING OF GENDER NORMS.

I have wanted to read more of Ryan North's writing and this book hit the right cute, quirky spot for me. I love the personalities of the three main characters and the character designs play a huge part of that. A weird but fascinating story about the myth of King Midas. Midas makes a wish and turns his whole world to gold. Centuries later, a small ship finds his body. It draws from the past and from imagination to create a strange world that, while fascinating, leaves a lot of unknowns.

The artwork itself is really eye catching. I find myself drawn to its warm tones and cartoony style. I think this composition really settled my love for the story for me.

A little dark, a little long, and left me wanting a better version.
I definitely liked the idea of an alternate universe where King Midas was the ultimate weapon and destroyer of the everything. But it was so filled with unnecessary words (in a graphic novel!), that I actually started just skimming the pictures to get to the end. The bad guy is ridiculous in his asinine evil and honestly reminded me of our current government. I liked the dinosaur people, and it was cool that a main character wore a hijab, and even King Midas was pretty chill. Someone else will love this, just not me.

I recognized the author and publisher from previous work and was not disappointed. This is a fun twist of Greek mythology and space empires with dinosaurs. That sentence alone should be enough to convince you to read it. The perspectives on the all-powerful empire are timely as is the corruption of power. However, even without deeper themes, this is a fun story with space dinosaurs. There are a few gaps in the plot where back story and characters are glossed over and the ending is a bit rushed but still fun.

This was a fun little comic. I really liked how it wove Greek Myth with science fiction to create an interesting blend. The characters were well fleshed out and I liked Fatty a lot. This is a fun afternoon read, nothing serious or too taxing.

This is SO. MUCH. FUN. Ryan North is rapidly becoming a favorite of mine after his run on Jughead, so when I saw that he had a book that contained both King Midas and a space dinosaur-scientist, I really couldn’t pass it up. It sounds so bizarre and unworkable on the surface, but it’s a really great science fiction romp full of really likeable characters.

This graphic novel was interesting. I love the myth of Midas and his touch, and seeing it play out with a twist of SciFi was pretty great.

When I saw Ryan North's name, I knew this was something I had to read. I apparently completely missed this the first time it was published (as The Midas Flesh), but will definitely be purchashing this compilation for my library's collection as it is fantastic. I kept saying, "well that's weird" out loud while reading this, leading my coworkes to question my choices in reading, but I assured them it was a good weird and by the end, I was completely enamored with the whole thing. I mean, dinosaurs and King Midas as a weapon...in space? It's a complete win!

This was a bit strange. I didn't care for the dialogue, it felt childish and clumsy. I also didn't like that they nicknamed Fatima "Fatty". I mean seriously?! Rather not give her a nickname at all.
The art was nice and the premise ok, not sure whom this graphic novel is marketed towards as there is some hacking off body parts and killing.
Wouldn't really recommend this.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an eARC.

This is a cool junior graphic novel with space dinosaurs, Greek gods, and more. I'll definitely recommend this one to our patrons' children.