Okay, another thing being done early!
First, I really did not think when I first read the graphic one shot of the same name, that it warranted a comic book of it’s own, so when I had first read that this would become a monthly ( for now anyway ) I was a little surprised, and I thought to myself that maybe I as wrong in my earlier assessment of the comic.
And so with a little trepedation, I picked the first issue up of this new series ( one week later, after it’s release to the comics shops ) and basically the series picks up where the one shot left off…
well…sort of.
This story begins with a prelude in the lands of ARCADEA, a living flame winds it’s way around this pastoral realm.
This flame is actually Tybalt, the herald of the gods. He has come to warn the Arcadean gods of the death of the goddess Llyra, destroyed by Bairn, the cursed Spawn who is the godslayer. And while the gods are being warned, we go to the Crown of Orn…
Where we see over the ocean, the godslayer, upon his ship. And Bairn is not alone on the vessel, with him is his true love, Neva….who he had slain…along with the goddess Llyra in the one shot!
As always, death isn’t always death within the realm of the comic book. I guess at first that we are to assume that Neva is a spirit, and that Bairn is unable to see or hear her impassioned cries for just a hint that he knows she is even present with him on his death craft.
” What strange hell have you damned me to? ” Neva recites, as we see a scene that kind of reminds me of one of the scenes from The Lord of The Rings, The Return of The King, as we are taken to Bairn’s stronghold, where we, along with Neva are able to see some of the treasures he has gathered from the spoils of his god slaying.
I’m not going to go any further, as far as the storyline itself, because I don’t want to ruin it for someone who picked up this one and actually wants to read it without my help.
What I will say is that the only one back for the ride this outing from the first book, is Brian Holguin, who again supplies the plot.
Art this time is provided by Philip Tan, who does an adaquite job with pencils, that at times are a little reminiscent of Corbin’s work.
Tan also provides the inks along with Jeff De Los Santos
I’m not going to say that the comic is a total loss, but for myself, it is a bit too busy for my liking.
I would have enjoyed this first issue much more, if the focus had been more on just two aspects…
1) Either a better focus on the gods of Arcadea or more story devoted to the lives and the people of the Kingdom of Uhmber.
2) The motivation behind Bairn’s being used as a tool of destruction of the Gods.
All I’ll say is that I hope that I see something more in the next few issues of this comic.
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