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X-O Manowar, Volume 2: Enter Ninjak by Robert Venditti, Moose Baumann, Stefano Gaudiano, Lee Garbett
scottpm's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome sauce!!!!Fantastic storytelling here! A visigoth, an alien and a high tech ninja walk into a space spider web of deception. It sounds like the start of a joke, but it really is the beginning of something beautiful. Plain and simple folks, read this!
raj_page's review against another edition
5.0
Ninjak is a Ninja Assassin/Mercenary. He has been hired to capture Aric and bring back the armor.
Who is Ninjak? Imagine Batman, Deathstroke and a Ninja were combined. You'll get Ninjak.
Intriguing, right?
We see the alien species Vine in more detail in this volume and I liked what I read so far.
Who is Ninjak? Imagine Batman, Deathstroke and a Ninja were combined. You'll get Ninjak.
Intriguing, right?
We see the alien species Vine in more detail in this volume and I liked what I read so far.
rltinha's review against another edition
4.0
SPOILER ALERT
Nada como uma conspiração alienígena e uma invasão iminente para aguçar o interesse. A isto acresce um visigodo a recuperar de um jet lag de 16 séculos, um ninger danado para estrelas venenosas e catanada assassina, acompanhados por um alien traidor que ninguém parece muito interessado em deixar vivo.
Um mimo ^^
Nada como uma conspiração alienígena e uma invasão iminente para aguçar o interesse. A isto acresce um visigodo a recuperar de um jet lag de 16 séculos, um ninger danado para estrelas venenosas e catanada assassina, acompanhados por um alien traidor que ninguém parece muito interessado em deixar vivo.
Um mimo ^^
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
Conceptual genre crossovers in comics are often terrible. Cowboys Vs Aliens is maybe one of the worst comics I've ever read. The various werewolves vs aliens on the moon style mashups aren't much better. But somehow, barbarian Iron Man vs James Bond ninja vs horde of invading plant worshipping aliens works.
This constantly evolving story of espionage featuring unlikely enemies and allies was a blast to read. I will admit that it made me more excited to read Ninjak stories than the narrative following the Manowar armor and The Vine. I'm still excited to see how Airic's (the barbarian in the Iron Man suit) story progresses.
This constantly evolving story of espionage featuring unlikely enemies and allies was a blast to read. I will admit that it made me more excited to read Ninjak stories than the narrative following the Manowar armor and The Vine. I'm still excited to see how Airic's (the barbarian in the Iron Man suit) story progresses.
kavinay's review against another edition
2.0
Better than I expected, but still not really doing much besides the 90s action movie tropes. :)
carroq's review against another edition
5.0
Enter Ninjak is a great follow up to By the Sword. Aric of Dacia is trying to find his place in the world after being displaced in time, while the Vine (the aliens that captured him and killed his family) hire an assassin to kill Aric and take back the Manowar armor.
This book mixes intrigue and action. We learn more about the Vine and get to see the Valiant universe begin to expand. One thing I enjoy about this series is that it mixes genres fairly easily. Volume 2 continues the sci-fi elements from the first volume, but it replaces the historical fiction aspect with a mystery/thriller portion. That shift doesn't feel out of place at all. It actually helps drive the story in this second arc. I was definitely interested in picking up volume 3 after reading this. It sets things up nicely.
This book mixes intrigue and action. We learn more about the Vine and get to see the Valiant universe begin to expand. One thing I enjoy about this series is that it mixes genres fairly easily. Volume 2 continues the sci-fi elements from the first volume, but it replaces the historical fiction aspect with a mystery/thriller portion. That shift doesn't feel out of place at all. It actually helps drive the story in this second arc. I was definitely interested in picking up volume 3 after reading this. It sets things up nicely.
delaneybull's review against another edition
3.0
I felt more comfortable with the format this round, but man I hated the shift in art style partway through. Whoever that new artist was decided to totally lose all face definition and make everyone look like scruffy, unhealthy bros. Luckily, the art went back to being good in the next issue, as that's surprisingly distracting.
all_hail_grimlock's review against another edition
I have a lot to thank Humble Bundle for: I wasn't familiar with Valiant when the first bundle I bought came out, but I thought it was inexpensive enough to give a chance. I ended up enjoying all the characters I had read about, and can't think of a single one I wouldn't like to read more about.
It would have fallen flat if the art or plots had been terrible, but I found them enjoyable as well.
On earth, long after his family and people are dead, Aric is a Visigoth lost in time. But at least he has armor - although the armor comes from an alien race and they worship it as sacred and are very, very mad that it chose to bond with a human...
So things aren't as good as they could be, and they get worse when Ninjak is hired to kill Aric and bring his armor back to the English authorities. It's a fun ride and I really enjoy seeing Aric and Ninjak together in a book. It's also what I needed after a very stressful day: it's light in that I didn't have to do all that much deep thinking.
It would have fallen flat if the art or plots had been terrible, but I found them enjoyable as well.
On earth, long after his family and people are dead, Aric is a Visigoth lost in time. But at least he has armor - although the armor comes from an alien race and they worship it as sacred and are very, very mad that it chose to bond with a human...
So things aren't as good as they could be, and they get worse when Ninjak is hired to kill Aric and bring his armor back to the English authorities. It's a fun ride and I really enjoy seeing Aric and Ninjak together in a book. It's also what I needed after a very stressful day: it's light in that I didn't have to do all that much deep thinking.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, if it wasn't already cool enough having a Barbarian in (what is basically) an Iron Man suit...we now have a Ninja assassin thrown into the mix too.
Oh yeah, and there's an alien invasion going on as well.
Are you freaking kidding me? Barbarians, Ninja, alien invasions, and secret society's? Together? In one book? It's like someone saw my Christmas wishlist and made the best ever spiked punch at an office party, and its all for me.
Okay, Okay. I've never worked in an office before. Never had an office party either.
But I reeeeally like punch, as well as this comic.
Soooo...Bottoms up!
Oh yeah, and there's an alien invasion going on as well.
Are you freaking kidding me? Barbarians, Ninja, alien invasions, and secret society's? Together? In one book? It's like someone saw my Christmas wishlist and made the best ever spiked punch at an office party, and its all for me.
Okay, Okay. I've never worked in an office before. Never had an office party either.
But I reeeeally like punch, as well as this comic.
Soooo...Bottoms up!
quilly14's review against another edition
3.0
Aric, a Visigoth from 402 A.D. was enslaved by aliens. He escaped by stealing a highly-sophisticated suit of armor.
In this second volume of the story, aliens disguised as humans. Aric gets help from Ninjak, an assassin.
It's kind of neat that they brought Ninjak back from Valiant Comics' 90s incarnation. It was well done but I feel like it was all just lead-up to the NEXT volume, when the aliens mount a full invasion of Earth.