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bstratton's review
3.0
It's not my favorite part of the Grendel saga, but it's a good bridge between the strong start and the very strong finish.
adelaidemetzger_robotprophet's review
2.0
The further we go into the future, away from what started it all (with Hunter Rose) I feel like I get a but more disinvested.
Omnibus three sees the demonic spirit of Grendel at its peak in power when it shifts from the possessed vigilante fighting against a hypocritical, vampire pope, to the character of political-turned-empiric ruler of the Earth Orion (hence the title). Although the demon’s purpose seemed to simply be "screw with Hunter's life = pleasure" at the very beginning, it now has achieved a complete rule over humanity and can screw with pretty much everyone due to the position it manipulates. #SlayedAnotherDay must be trending on Hell's Twitter roster.
I did find the many different iterations of how the Grendel spirit evolved really interesting. The first volume in this omnibus titled, "The Incubation Years" started out really cool with the idea of a renowned author made famous for publishing several works on Hunter and Christine Spar, driven mad because the Grendel spirit possesses his electric eye implant. Grendel in an eyeball. Maximum creative points right there. Drug addict and lower class victim of the church Eppy Thatcher has the coolest Grendel costume design I have seen so far and the art design whenever he went on a trip while he took on the persona was so addicting (pun intended). I just want to take those trip scenes and montage them into a tribute video or something because that's how awesome they are.
As for Orion's Reign and everything else in-between it was really hard for me to pay attention. I wasn’t invested in or cared enough for those characters or plots to keep me hooked. I mostly skimmed through Orion's Reign so I'd be prepared for the fourth and final omnibus.
So yeah. Not completely riveting, but I'm glad to have the whole series on my shelf.
Omnibus three sees the demonic spirit of Grendel at its peak in power when it shifts from the possessed vigilante fighting against a hypocritical, vampire pope, to the character of political-turned-empiric ruler of the Earth Orion (hence the title). Although the demon’s purpose seemed to simply be "screw with Hunter's life = pleasure" at the very beginning, it now has achieved a complete rule over humanity and can screw with pretty much everyone due to the position it manipulates. #SlayedAnotherDay must be trending on Hell's Twitter roster.
I did find the many different iterations of how the Grendel spirit evolved really interesting. The first volume in this omnibus titled, "The Incubation Years" started out really cool with the idea of a renowned author made famous for publishing several works on Hunter and Christine Spar, driven mad because the Grendel spirit possesses his electric eye implant. Grendel in an eyeball. Maximum creative points right there. Drug addict and lower class victim of the church Eppy Thatcher has the coolest Grendel costume design I have seen so far and the art design whenever he went on a trip while he took on the persona was so addicting (pun intended). I just want to take those trip scenes and montage them into a tribute video or something because that's how awesome they are.
As for Orion's Reign and everything else in-between it was really hard for me to pay attention. I wasn’t invested in or cared enough for those characters or plots to keep me hooked. I mostly skimmed through Orion's Reign so I'd be prepared for the fourth and final omnibus.
So yeah. Not completely riveting, but I'm glad to have the whole series on my shelf.
stevenk's review
3.0
After the death of Christine Spar her main pursuer goes mad and a nuclear " incident" wipes out the east coast leading to a change in the world order of the future. After a battle between a new Grendel, a vampire that has risen to be a pope of the future, and Orion Assante places Orion in power and he proceeds to remake the world. A mix of stories and artistic styles the bulk of this book is the two largest stories "God and the Devil" and "Devil's Reign" as evil battles evil for power and vanquished foes plot to rise again. This story has changed a lot since the first evil genius Hunter Rose to post apocalyptic future new world order and vampire plague turned rebellion, sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse, but overall an interesting story.
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